Remote sensing of soil surface properties

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 457-473

  Anderson, K ^a   Croft, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hyperspectral; LiDAR; Multiple view angle; RADAR; Remote sensing; Soil surface moisture; Soil surface monitoring; Soil surface roughness

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; LIDAR; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL SURFACE; SPATIAL DATA; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 70350442138     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133309346644     Document Type: Article

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