Global retrieval of small-scale roughness over land surfaces at microwave frequency

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 389, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 121-126

  Hong, Sungwook ^a  

^a National Typhoon Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Land; Microwave remote sensing; Polarization; Reflectivity; Roughness

Indexed keywords

FORWARD MODELS; FRESNEL REFLECTIVITY; GLOBAL RETRIEVALS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; LAND; LAND SURFACE; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; MICROWAVE SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; POLARIZATION CHARACTERISTICS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATIONS; ROUGHNESS PARAMETERS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SENSITIVITY TESTS; SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS; SPECULAR REFLECTIVITY; SURFACE REFLECTIVITY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS EFFECTS; SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE;

MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PHOTORESISTS; POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

REFLECTION;

LAND SURFACE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; POLARIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 77954383189     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.05.036     Document Type: Article

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