Application of neural networks to soil moisture retrievals from L-band radiometric data

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Angiuli, E ^a   Del Frate, F ^a   Monerris, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Microwave radiometry; Neural network; Soil moisture retrieval

Indexed keywords

BARE SOILS; EMISSION MODEL; FIELD EXPERIMENT; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; OPTIMAL ESTIMATIONS; RADIOMETRIC DATA; REAL TIME; REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS; SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVAL; SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS; TRUTH DATA;

CLOUDS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; PERMITTIVITY; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 66549101377     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4778927     Document Type: Conference Paper

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