Mapping surface soil moisture over the Gourma mesoscale site (Mali) by using ENVISAT ASAR data

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 603-616

  Baup, F ^a   Mougin, E ^b   De Rosnay, P ^c   Hiernaux, P ^b   Frappart, F ^b   Frison, P L ^d   Zribi, M ^a   Viarre, J ^b  

^a CNES   (France)

^b OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; ENVISAT ASAR; ENVISAT ASAR DATA; EUROPEAN REMOTE SENSING; FIELD DATA; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LOCAL SCALE; MESOSCALE; MULTI-ANGLE DATA; RADIATIVE FLUXES; RAINFALL ESTIMATES; SECOND GENERATION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE; WIDE SWATH; WIND SCATTEROMETERS;

ESTIMATION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ENVISAT-1; ERS-1; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LAND SURFACE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; RADIATION BUDGET; RAINFALL; RANGELAND; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SSM-I; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

GOURMA-RHAROUS; MALI; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; TOMBOUCTOU [MALI];

EID: 79956146167     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-603-2011     Document Type: Article

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