Monitoring forests from L-band microwave observations

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1628-1630

  Saleh, K ^a,d   Wigneron, J P ^a   Ferrazzoli, P ^b   Calvet, J C ^c   Lopez Baeza E ^d   Mongiardo, G ^b   Parde M ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forest monitoring; Passive microwaves; SMOS

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; FORESTRY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOILS; VEGETATION;

PASSIVE MICROWAVES; UNDERSTOREY LAYERS;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 0242542028     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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