Monitoring soil wetness variations by means of satellite passive microwave observations: The HYDROPTIMET study cases

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 583-592

  Lacava, T ^a   Greco, M ^b   Di Leo, E V ^a   Martino, G ^b   Pergola, N ^a   Sannazzaro, F ^b   Tramutoli, V ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE DATA; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 24344464250     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-5-583-2005     Document Type: Article

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