Prediction of the error induced by topography in satellite microwave radiometric observations

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3180-3188

  Pulvirenti, Luca ^a   Pierdicca, Nazzareno ^a   Marzano, Frank Silvio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microwave radiometry; relief; soil moisture; topography

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA TEMPERATURE; ASPECT ANGLES; C-BANDS; FLAT TERRAINS; INCIDENCE ANGLES; LAND COVER; MEAN VALUES; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; MOUNTAINOUS AREA; NUMERICAL SIMULATORS; RADIOMETRIC IMAGES; RELIEF; SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS; SPACEBORNE RADIOMETERS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TEST SETS; TOPOGRAPHY EFFECTS;

FORECASTING; LANDFORMS; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

TOPOGRAPHY;

ERROR ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIXEL; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIEF; REMOTE SENSING; ROUGHNESS; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL MOISTURE; TERRAIN;

ALPS;

EID: 80052313087     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2010.2096514     Document Type: Conference Paper

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