Soil moisture retrieval using the passive/active L- and S-band radar/radiometer

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 12 PART I, 2003, Pages 2792-2801

  Bolten, John D ^a   Lakshmi, Venkataraman ^a   Njoku, Eni G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave; Radar; Radiometer; Remote sensing; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; REMOTE SENSING;

MICROWAVE RADARS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVAL; STATISTICAL REGRESSIONS;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 1042266200     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2003.815401     Document Type: Article

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