Maqu network for validation of satellite-derived soil moisture products

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-65

  Dente, L ^a   Vekerdy, Z ^a   Wen, J ^b   Su, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

AMSR E; ASCAT; Soil moisture; Tibetan Plateau; Validation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AMSR-E; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84864516131     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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