Retrieval of soil moisture and vegetation water content using SSM/I data over a corn and soybean region

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 854-863

  Wen, Jun ^a   Jackson, Thomas J ^a   Bindlish, Rajat ^a   Hsu, Ann Y ^a   Su, Z Bob ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATER CONTENT;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 31544442450     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM462.1     Document Type: Article

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