Soil moisture mapping based on ASAR/ENVISAT radar data over a Sahelian region

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3547-3565

  Zribi, M ^a   Saux Picart, S ^a   Andre C ^a   Descroix, L ^b   Ottle C ^a   Kallel, A ^a  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b IRD   (Niger)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

EMPIRICAL INVERSION TECHNIQUE; IN SITU MEASUREMENTS; RADAR ACQUISITIONS;

SOIL MOISTURE;

DATA ACQUISITION; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; ENVISAT-1; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAPPING; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION COVER;

AFRICA; NIGER [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 34547662349     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160601009680     Document Type: Article

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