GPS Multipath and Its Relation to Near-Surface Soil Moisture Content

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-99

  Larson, Kristine M ^a   Braun, John J ^b   Small, Eric E ^c   Zavorotny, Valery U ^d   Gutmann, Ethan D ^e   Bilich, Andria L ^d  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Center for Atmospheric Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Global positioning system; remote sensing; soil measurements

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLES; CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; GLOBAL NETWORKS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM RECEIVERS; GLOBAL SCALE; GPS SIGNALS; GROUND BASED; MULTI-PATH; NEAR-SURFACE; REFLECTED GPS; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SATELLITE MISSION; SOIL MEASUREMENT; SOIL MEASUREMENTS; SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT; SOIL MOISTURE SENSORS; TEMPORAL SCALE; WATER CONTENT REFLECTOMETER;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONTENT;

SOIL SURVEYS;

GPS; MOISTURE CONTENT; REMOTE SENSING; SENSOR; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 77649160208     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2009.2033612     Document Type: Article

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