Results of combining L- and C-band passive microwave airborne data over the Sahelian area

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 4 II, 2000, Pages 1997-2008

  Magagi, Ramata D ^b   Kerr, Yann H ^a,c   Meunier, Jean Charles ^c  

^a IEEE

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^c CESBIO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

PASSIVE MICROWAVE AIRBORNE DATA; PUSH BROOM MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION PARAMETERS;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 0034230071     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.851781     Document Type: Article

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