Application of the Sahebi model using ALOS/PALSAR and 66.3 cm long surface profile data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 6069-6074

  Sonobe, R ^a   Tani, H ^b  

^a PASCO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WATER CONTENT;

ADVANCED LAND OBSERVING SATELLITES; AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; BACKSCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS; L-BAND SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SURFACE ROUGHNESS EFFECTS;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 70449378719     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160902980316     Document Type: Letter

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