A method for deriving land surface moisture, vegetation optical depth, and open water fraction from AMSR-E

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Jones, Lucas A ^a,b   Kimball, John S ^a,b   Podest, Erika ^c   McDonald, Kyle C ^c   Chan, Steven K ^c   Njoku, Eni G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMSR E; Microwave radiometry; Soil moisture; Vegetation; Water resources

Indexed keywords

AMSR-E; LAND SURFACE; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; OPEN WATER; OPTICAL DEPTH; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; SEASONALITY; SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION CANOPY; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION OPTICAL DEPTH;

GEOLOGY; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; VEGETATION;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 77950952805     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5417921     Document Type: Conference Paper

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