Estimating surface soil moisture with the scanning low frequency microwave radiometer (SLFMR) during the Southern Great Plains 1997 (SGP97) hydrology experiment

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 28, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 41-51

  Uitdewilligen, D C A ^a   Kustas, W P ^b   van Oevelen, P J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave remote sensing; SLFMR; Surface soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HYDROLOGY; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADIOMETERS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

SCANNING LOW FREQUENCY MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS (SLFMR);

MOISTURE;

ALGORITHM; HYDROLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037248448     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-7065(03)00006-8     Document Type: Article

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