Single- and multiscale remote sensing techniques, multifractals, and MODIS-derived vegetation and soil moisture

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 533-546

  Lovejoy, S ^a   Tarquis, A M ^b,c   Gaonac'h, H ^d   Schertzer, D ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

^c University Politécnica of Madrid   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOPHYSICS; MODIS; POWER LAW; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION MAPPING;

EID: 44949161996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2007.0173     Document Type: Article

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