Improving spatial soil moisture representation through integration of AMSR-E and MODIS products

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 446-460

  Kim, Jongyoun ^a   Hogue, Terri S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AMSR E; downscaling; MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS); remote sensing; soil moisture

Indexed keywords

AMSR-E; ARIZONA; COMPLEMENTARY TOOLS; DOWN-SCALING; DOWNSCALING METHODS; GROUND OBSERVATIONS; KEY FACTORS; LAND SURFACE PROPERTIES; MICROWAVE OBSERVATIONS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MULTISCALES; REMOTE SENSING DATA; RETRIEVAL PROCESS; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SURFACE WETNESS; VEGETATION INDEX;

IMAGE RESOLUTION; MICROWAVES; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECTROMETERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER VAPOR;

SOIL SURVEYS;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; AMSR-E; DOWNSCALING; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION INDEX; WATER VAPOR;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856317691     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2011.2161318     Document Type: Article

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