A parameterized surface reflectivity model and estimation of bare-surface soil moisture with L-band radiometer

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2674-2686

  Shi, Jiancheng ^a   Chen, K S ^b   Li, Qin ^c   Jackson, Thomas J ^d   O'Neill, Peggy E ^e   Tsang, Leung ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

L band radiometer; Soil moisture; Surface emission

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HYDROLOGY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MICROWAVES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SOIL MOISTURE;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

EID: 0036996632     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2002.807003     Document Type: Article

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