Validation of advanced microwave scanning radiometer soil moisture products

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4256-4272

  Jackson, Thomas J ^a   Cosh, Michael H ^a   Bindlish, Rajat ^b   Starks, Patrick J ^c   Bosch, David D ^d   Seyfried, Mark ^e   Goodrich, David C ^f   Moran, Mary Susan ^f   Du, Jinyang ^g  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c USDA ARS GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SOUTHEAST WATERSHED RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Advanced Microwave Scanning RadiometerEarth Observing System (AMSR E); passive microwave; soil moisture; validation

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER; CLIMATIC REGIONS; CONVENTIONAL MEASUREMENTS; ERROR LEVELS; EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS; IN-SITU DATA; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY; KEY ISSUES; MICROWAVE SCANNING; MISSION REQUIREMENTS; NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATIONS; NETWORK OBSERVATION; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; PARAMETER RETRIEVAL; PASSIVE MICROWAVE; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; RETRIEVAL ERRORS; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE ERRORS; SATELLITE SENSORS; SINGLE-CHANNEL ALGORITHMS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE NETWORKS; SPACE AGENCY; SPATIAL EXTENT; SPATIAL SCALE; STANDARD PRODUCTS; VALIDATION; VALIDATION PROGRAM; VEGETATION CONDITION;

ALGORITHMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NASA; REMOTE SENSING; SCANNING; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ALGORITHM; AMSR-E; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; WATERSHED;

EID: 77952580767     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2010.2051035     Document Type: Article

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