Soil moisture estimation using multi-incidence and multi-polarization ASAR data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1907-1920

  Baghdadi, N ^a,b   Holah, N ^a,b   Zribi, M ^c  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; DATA ACQUISITION; ESTIMATION; MOISTURE; NONBIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ADVANCED SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (ASAR); INCIDENCE ANGLES; SOIL MOISTURE;

SOILS;

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

EID: 33747160782     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160500239032     Document Type: Article

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