Design and test of the ground-based L-band radiometer for estimating water in soils (LEWIS)

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1666-1676

  Lemaître, François ^a   Poussière, Jean Claude ^a   Kerr, Yann H ^b   Déjus, Michel ^c   Durbe, Roger ^d   De Rosnay, Patricia ^b   Calvet, Jean Christophe ^d  

^a ONERA   (France)

^b CESBIO   (France)

^c CNES   (France)

^d MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Calibration; L Band Radiometer for Estimating Water in Soils (LEWIS); L band radiometry; Soil moisture; Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS)

Indexed keywords

L-BAND RADIOMETER FOR ESTIMATING WATER IN SOILS (LEWIS); L-BAND RADIOMETRY; OCEAN SALINITY; SOIL MOISTURE;

CALIBRATION; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MOISTURE; RAIN; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOILS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 4344565068     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2004.831230     Document Type: Article

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