Effects of dew on the radiometric signal of a grass field at L-band

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-71

  Escorihuela, Maria Jose ^a   Kerr, Yann H ^a   De Rosnay, Patricia ^b   Saleh, Kauzar ^c   Wigneron, Jean Pierre ^d   Calvet, Jean Christophe ^e  

^a CESBIO   (France)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Microwave; Moisture; Radiometry; Soil

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BIOMASS; GROUNDWATER; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OVERPASSES; PERMITTIVITY; RADIOMETERS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; TEMPERATURE; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER CONTENT;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CONTENT CHANGES; DIRECT IMPACTS; HORIZONTAL POLARIZATIONS; LITTER LAYERS; NATURAL GRASSES; RADIOMETRIC SIGNALS; SATELLITE TIMES; SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITIES; SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS;

RADIOMETRY;

EID: 58149496112     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2008.2000714     Document Type: Article

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