Validation of AMSR-E soil moisture using L-band airborne radiometer data from National Airborne Field Experiment 2006

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2096-2103

  Mladenova, Iliana ^a,b   Lakshmi, Venkat ^a   Jackson, Thomas J ^b   Walker, Jeffrey P ^c,f   Merlin, Olivier ^c,d   de Jeu, Richard A M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d CESBIO   (France)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algorithm validation; AMSR E; Irrigation; L band radiometry; NAFE; Rice paddies; Standing water

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; IRRIGATION; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SOIL MOISTURE;

ALGORITHM VALIDATION; L-BAND RADIOMETRY; NAFE; RICE PADDY; STANDING WATERS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRBORNE SENSOR; ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DATA SET; DRYLAND FARMING; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUND CONDITIONS; IRRIGATION; PADDY FIELD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79957594599     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.04.011     Document Type: Article

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