Comparison of two retrieval methods with combined passive and active microwave remote sensing observations for soil moisture

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 1181-1193

  Li, Qin ^a   Zhong, Ruofei ^a   Huang, Jianxi ^b   Gong, Huili ^a  

^a CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AMSR E; QuikSCAT Seawinds; Roughness; Soil moisture; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MICROWAVE; AMSR-E; BACKSCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; COMPARISON RESULT; INPUT PARAMETER; LAND SURFACE; LAND SURFACE PARAMETERS; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; MICROWAVE SCANNING; NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATIONS; NONLINEAR ALGORITHMS; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; QUIKSCAT; RETRIEVAL METHODS; ROUGHNESS; ROUGHNESS PARAMETERS; SCATTEROMETERS; SEAWINDS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BACKSCATTERING; ESTIMATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NASA; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPACE OPTICS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WIND;

MICROWAVE SENSORS;

EID: 79956135746     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcm.2010.11.052     Document Type: Article

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