Development of a time series-based methodology for estimation of large-area soil wetness over India using IRS-P4 microwave radiometer data

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 127-143

  Thapliyal, Pradeep Kumar ^a   Pal, P K ^a   Narayanan, M S ^a   Srinivasan, J ^b  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VEGETATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

MULTIFREQUENCY SCANNING MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS (MSMR); SATELLITE-BASED MICROWAVE RADIOMETRIC OBSERVATIONS; SERIES-BASED METHODOLOGY; TIME-INVARIANT FACTORS;

SOILS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; SOIL MOISTURE; TIME SERIES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 14644415541     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM-2192.1     Document Type: Article

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