Vegetation water content estimation using gnss measurements

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 282-286

  Rodriguez Alvarez, Nereida ^a,b   Bosch Lluis, Xavier ^a,b   Camps, Adriano ^a,b   Ramos Perez, Isaac ^a,b   Valencia, Enric ^a,b   Park, Hyuk ^a,b   Vall Llossera, Merce ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS); vegetation; water content

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; VEGETATION; WATER CONTENT;

EARTH'S SURFACE; GEOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; GNSS SIGNALS; RADIO OCCULTATIONS; TECHNIQUE MEASURES; VEGETATION WATER CONTENT; VEGETATION WATER CONTENTS (VWC);

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 84856959175     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2011.2166242     Document Type: Article

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