Soil moisture retrievals at L-band using a two-step inversion approach (COSMOS/NAFE'05 Experiment)

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1304-1312

  Saleh, K ^a   Kerr, Y H ^b   Richaume, P ^b   Escorihuela, M J ^b   Panciera, R ^c   Delwart, S ^d   Boulet, G ^b   Maisongrande, P ^b   Walker, J P ^c   Wursteisen, P ^d   Wigneron, J P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CESBIO   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^e BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

Author keywords

COSMOS; L band; NAFE; Radiometry; SMOS; Soil moisture; Soil roughness

Indexed keywords

COSMOS; L-BAND; NAFE; SMOS; SOIL ROUGHNESS;

CATCHMENTS; CROPS; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; PERMITTIVITY; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CROP; DATA SET; LAND USE; PIXEL; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; RESOLUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VEGETATION;

EID: 64549104174     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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