A downscaling approach to combine SMOS multi-angular and full-polarimetric observations with MODIS VIS/IR data into high resolution soil moisture maps

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1247-1250

  Piles, M ^a,b   Vall Llossera, M ^a,b   Laguna, L ^a   Camps, A ^a,b  

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

^b Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta   (Spain)

Author keywords

brightness temperatures; downscaling; MODIS; SMOS; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; DOWN-SCALING; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-SITU DATA; INCIDENCE ANGLES; LINKING MODELS; MODIS; SMOS; SOIL MOISTURE DYNAMICS; SOIL MOISTURE MAPS; SPATIAL SCALE; VERTICAL POLARIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; CATCHMENTS; GEOLOGY; POLARIZATION; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 84873105336     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351316     Document Type: Conference Paper

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