Effects of corn on C- and L-band radar backscatter: A correction method for soil moisture retrieval

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2417-2430

  Joseph, A T ^a   van der Velde, R ^b   O'Neill, P E ^a   Lang, R ^c   Gish, T ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c George Washington University   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Active microwave; Corn; Field campaign; Soil moisture; Vegetation effects

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MICROWAVE; ALTERNATIVE METHODS; ANTENNA CONFIGURATIONS; BARE SOILS; CORN; CORN FIELDS; CORRECTION METHOD; DATA SETS; FIELD CAMPAIGN; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; GROWTH CYCLE; GROWTH STAGES; INCIDENCE ANGLES; INTEGRAL EQUATION METHODS; NOVEL METHODS; RADAR BACKSCATTER; RETRIEVAL ACCURACY; SCATTEROMETERS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS; SOIL-VEGETATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS PARAMETERS; SURFACE SCATTERING MODEL; VEGETATION BIOMASS; VEGETATION EFFECTS; VEGETATION WATER CONTENT; WATER CLOUD MODELS;

ANTENNAS; BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VEGETATION; WATER CONTENT;

SOIL SURVEYS;

BACKSCATTER; BARE SOIL; CORRECTION; DATA SET; FIELD METHOD; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; GROWTH CURVE; MAIZE; PHYTOMASS; POLARIZATION; RADAR; SCATTEROMETER; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77956175490     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.05.017     Document Type: Article

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