Progresses on microwave remote sensing of land surface parameters

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1052-1078

  Shi, JianCheng ^a   Du, Yang ^b   Du, JinYang ^a   Jiang, LingMei ^a   Chai, LinNa ^a   Mao, KeBiao ^c   Xu, Peng ^d   Ni, WenJian ^a   Xiong, Chuan ^a   Liu, Qiang ^a   Liu, ChenZhou ^a   Guo, Peng ^a   Cui, Qian ^a   Li, YunQing ^a   Chen, Jing ^d   Wang, AnQi ^e   Luo, HeJia ^b   Wang, YinHui ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning   (China)

^d WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

land surface temperature; microwave remote sensing; snow water equivalent; soil moisture; vegetation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MICROWAVE SENSORS; MICROWAVES; SNOW; SOIL MOISTURE; SPACE OPTICS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VEGETATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORIES; LAND SURFACE PARAMETERS; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; QUANTITATIVE MONITORING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATIONS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT;

REMOTE SENSING;

LAND SURFACE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

EID: 84863322954     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-012-4444-x     Document Type: Review

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