Estimation of soil-type heterogeneity effects in the retrieval of soil moisture from radiobrightness

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 1 I, 2000, Pages 312-316

  Galantowicz, John F ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRYING; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; RADIOMETERS; SENSORS; SOILS;

RADIOBRIGHTNESS; SOIL MOISTURE;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0033874795     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.823924     Document Type: Article

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