Consequences of surface heterogeneity for parameter retrieval from 1.4-GHz multiangle SMOS observations

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 4 PART I, 2003, Pages 803-811

  Van de Griend, Adriaan A ^a   Wigneron, Jean Pierre ^b   Waldteufel, Philippe ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Multiangle observations; Parameter retrieval; Passive microwaves; Soil moisture and ocean salinity (SMOS); Surface heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MOISTURE; REMOTE SENSING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SATELLITES; SOILS; VEGETATION;

INTERFEROMETRIC RADIOMETER; MULTIANGLE RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; PASSIVE MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITY MISSION; SURFACE HETEROGENEITY;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 0038272088     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2003.811083     Document Type: Article

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