Evaluation of near-surface soil water status through the inversion of soil-canopy radiative transfer models in the reflective optical domain

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 5473-5491

  Richter, Katja ^a   Vuolo, Francesco ^b   D'Urso, Guido ^c   Palladino, Mario ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ARIESPACE srl   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; IRRIGATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TABLE LOOKUP; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL DECISION SUPPORT; CANOPY CHARACTERISTICS; CANOPY RADIATIVE TRANSFER; EARTH OBSERVATION DATA; FRACTIONAL VEGETATION COVER; IRRIGATION WATER MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPECTRA BARRAX CAMPAIGN;

REFLECTION;

CANOPY REFLECTANCE; DATA INVERSION; MODELING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION COVER; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84857952011     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2012.663110     Document Type: Article

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