Advances in soil moisture retrieval from synthetic aperture radar and hydrological applications

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 476, Issue , 2013, Pages 460-489

  Kornelsen, Kurt C ^a   Coulibaly, Paulin ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Soil moisture; Soil moisture retrieval; Synthetic aperture radar

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION; CATCHMENT SCALE; DATA ASSIMILATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MOISTURE STATE; RETRIEVAL ACCURACY; SOIL MOISTURE ESTIMATION; SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA PROCESSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CATCHMENT; DATA ASSIMILATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84870991988     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.10.044     Document Type: Review

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