Surface soil moisture estimation over the AMMA Sahelian site in Mali using ENVISAT/ASAR data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 473-481

  Baup, F ^a,b   Mougin, E ^a   de Rosnay, P ^a   Timouk, F ^a   Chenerie I ^b  

^a CNES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

ASAR; ENVISAT; Sahel; Soil moisture; Wide Swath

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; DATA FUSION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

ASAR DATA; BACKSCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; SEMIARID ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE ESTIMATION; TEMPORAL REPETITIVITY;

SOIL MOISTURE;

BACKSCATTER; ENVISAT-1; ESTIMATION METHOD; RADAR; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

AFRICA; MALI; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 34347258875     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.01.015     Document Type: Article

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