A field experiment on microwave forest radiometry: L-band signal behaviour for varying conditions of surface wetness

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-19

  Grant, J P ^a,b   Wigneron, J P ^b   Van de Griend, A A ^a   Kruszewski, A ^b   Søbjærg, S Schmidl ^c   Skou, N ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ground canopy temperature; L band; Litter moisture; Passive microwaves; Pine forest; Precipitation; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

POLARIZATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOMETRY; SOIL MOISTURE;

GROUND-CANOPY TEMPERATURE; LITTER MOISTURE; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; PINE FOREST;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; HETEROGENEITY; LITTER; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIOMETER; SOIL MOISTURE;

FOREST CANOPY; FOREST LITTER; MOISTURE CONTENT; POLARIZATION; RADIOMETRY;

AQUITAINE; BORDEAUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GIRONDE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34248659939     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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