Evaluation of SMAP level 2 soil moisture algorithms using SMOS data

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2444-2447

  Bindlish, Rajat ^a   Jackson, Thomas J ^a   Zhao, Tianjie ^a   Cosh, Michael ^a   Chan, Steven ^b   O'Neill, Peggy ^c   Njoku, Eni ^b   Colliander, Andreas ^b   Kerr, Yann ^d   Shi, J C ^e  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d CESBIO   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Passive microwave; SMAP; SMOS; soil moisture

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL OBSERVATION; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; IN-SITU; INCIDENCE ANGLES; LAND SURFACE PARAMETERS; LEVEL 2; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; SMAP; SMOS; SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS;

ALGORITHMS; GEOLOGY; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 80955136803     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049705     Document Type: Conference Paper

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