The effect of free water in a maize canopy on microwave emission at 1.4 GHz

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 138, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 180-191

  Hornbuckle, Brian K ^a   England, Anthony W ^b   Anderson, Martha C ^c   Viner, Brian J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dew; Micrometeorology; Remote sensing; Soil moisture; Surface energy balance; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; MAIZE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33746891575     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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