Retrieving soil moisture and agricultural variables by microwave radiometry using neural networks

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 174-183

  Del Frate, F ^a   Ferrazzoli, P ^a   Schiavon, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; MOISTURE; POLARIZATION; RADIOMETRY; SOILS; VEGETATION;

RADIOMETRIC DATA;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ALGORITHM; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; SOIL MOISTURE; WHEAT;

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; MOISTURE; NEURAL NETWORKS; PLANTS; POLARIZATION; RADIOMETRY; SOIL;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0037300063     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(02)00105-0     Document Type: Article

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