Influence of bound-water relaxation frequency on soil moisture measurements

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4067-4076

  Escorihuela, Maria Jose ^b   De Rosnay, Patricia ^b   Kerr, Yann H ^a,b   Calvet, Jean Christophe ^c  

^a IEEE

^b CESBIO   (France)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Dielectric measurements; Frequency; Moisture measurements; Remote sensing; Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity Mission (SMOS); Temperature

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE DEVICES; PERMITTIVITY; RELAXATION PROCESSES; REMOTE SENSING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DIELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS; MOISTURE MEASUREMENTS; SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITY MISSION (SMOS);

SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 36348945337     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2007.906090     Document Type: Conference Paper

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