A change detection algorithm for retrieving high-resolution soil moisture from SMAP radar and radiometer observations

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4125-4131

  Piles, Maria ^a,b   Entekhabi, Dara ^c   Camps, Adriano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta   (Spain)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Change detection; Microwave remote sensing; Observation system simulation experiment (OSSE); Radar; Radiometer; Soil Moisture Active and Passive (SMAP) mission

Indexed keywords

AIR-BORNE SENSORS; AIRBORNE OBSERVATIONS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CHANGE DETECTION; CHANGE DETECTION ALGORITHMS; DIRECT INVERSION; ERROR BUDGETS; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; HIGH RESOLUTION; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; OBSERVATION SYSTEM SIMULATION EXPERIMENT (OSSE); OBSERVATION SYSTEMS; RADAR BACKSCATTER; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS; VOLUMETRIC SOIL MOISTURE CONTENTS;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BUDGET CONTROL; ERROR DETECTION; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; RADAR; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ALGORITHM; BACKSCATTER; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RADAR; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE;

IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70549103582     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2022088     Document Type: Article

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