Mapping near-surface soil moisture with RADARSAT-1 synthetic aperture radar data

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Leconte, Robert ^a   Brissette, François ^a   Galarneau, Martine ^b   Rousselle, Jean ^c  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^b Asseau BPR   (Canada)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

RADARSAT; SAR; Soil moisture mapping

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MAPPING; MOISTURE; RADAR IMAGING; SOILS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION;

CROP VEGETATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

WATER RESOURCES;

MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CHATEAUGUAY BASIN; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 2542576331     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002312     Document Type: Article

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