Soil moisture retrieval over the Mackenzie River basin using AMSR-E 6.9 GHz brightness temperature

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 316, 2007, Pages 64-69

  Chaouch, Naira ^a   Leconte, Robert ^a   Magagi, Ramata ^b   Temimi, Marouane ^c  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c BPR   (Canada)

Author keywords

AMSR E brightness temperature; C band emission; Soil moisture; Vegetation parameter

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; EARTH SCIENCES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PERMITTIVITY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; SPACE OPTICS; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

ALBERTA , CANADA; AMSR-E BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; ANCILLARY DATUMS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; C-BAND EMISSION; DIRECT MEASUREMENTS; EXTERNAL-; GEOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; IN-SITU; MACKENZIE RIVER BASINS; MICROWAVE RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS; MICROWAVE SIGNALS; NORTHERN BASINS; PASSIVE MICROWAVE DATUMS; ROUGHNESS PARAMETERS; SEQUENTIAL METHODS; SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS; SOIL ROUGHNESSES; VARIATIONS OF; VEGETATION PARAMETER; VEGETATION PARAMETERS; WET CONDITIONS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DATA ACQUISITION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RIVER BASIN; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PEACE-ATHABASCA DELTA;

EID: 55749104257     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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