Soil moisture active and passive microwave products: Intercomparison and evaluation over a Sahelian site

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 141-156

  Gruhier, C ^a   De Rosnay, P ^b   Hasenauer, S ^c   Holmes, T ^d   De Jeu, R ^e   Kerr, Y ^a   Mougin, E ^a   Njoku, E ^f   Timouk, F ^a   Wagner, W ^c   Zribi, M ^a  

^a CESBIO   (France)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d Remote Sensing Lab   (United States)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MALI;

EID: 76749083507     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-141-2010     Document Type: Article

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