Use of the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) to retrieve soil moisture and surface temperature over the central United States

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1482-1494

  Guha, Aniruddha ^a   Lakshmi, Venkataraman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrology; Microwave remote sensing; Soil moisture; Water budget

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; MOISTURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIOMETERS; SCANNING; SOILS;

MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER BUDGET;

MICROWAVE DEVICES;

EID: 3843125275     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2004.828193     Document Type: Article

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