Comparison of ERS wind-scatterometer and SSM/I data for sahelian vegetation monitoring

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 4 II, 2000, Pages 1794-1803

  Frison, P L ^a   Mougin, E ^a   Jarlan, L ^a   Karam, M A ^b   Hiernaux, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^b AEROJET ROCKETDYNE   (United States)

^c Sahelian Centre   (Niger)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BIOMASS; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS; VAPORS; VEGETATION; WEATHER SATELLITES;

EUROPEAN REMOTE SENSING SATELLITES; INTEGRATED WATER VAPOR CONTENT; INVERSION PROCEDURES; WIND SCATTEROMETER;

MICROWAVE DEVICES;

EID: 0034224442     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.851763     Document Type: Article

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