A modified empirical model for soil moisture estimation in vegetated areas using SAR data

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 803-806

  Sikdar, Millie ^a   Gumming, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; SOILS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION;

CROSS POLARIZED RATIO; PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE ESTIMATION; WATER CLOUD MODELS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 15944394458     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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