Impact of horizontal and vertical heterogeneities on retrievals using multiangle microwave brightness temperature data

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1495-1501

  Burke, Eleanor J ^a   Shuttleworth, W James ^a   Houser, Paul R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Land surface; Passive microwave; Remote sensing; Retrieval; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; MOISTURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS;

LAND SURFACE; PASSIVE MICROWAVE; RETRIEVAL; SOIL MOISTURE;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 3843079593     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2004.828922     Document Type: Article

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