Retrieving surface roughness and soil moisture from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data using neural networks

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 701-711

  Baghdadi, N ^a   Gaultier, S ^a   King, C ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MOISTURE; NEURAL NETWORKS; SOILS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

RADAR IMAGE CONFIGURATIONS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERROR (RMSE); SOIL MOISTURE;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 2542500360     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m02-066     Document Type: Article

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