Sensitivity to soil moisture by active and passive microwave sensors

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 1 I, 2000, Pages 105-114

  Du, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MOISTURE; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS; VEGETATION;

MICROWAVE SENSORS; RADAR SENSITIVITY; SOIL MOISTURE;

SENSORS;

EID: 0033904490     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.823905     Document Type: Article

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