Validation of the enhanced resolution ERS-2 scatterometer soil moisture product

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1208-1211

  Reimer, A Christoph ^a   Melzer, B Thomas ^a   Kidd, C Richard ^a   Wagner, D Wolfgang ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Radar remote sensing; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER DATA; DATA QUALITY; IN-SITU DATA; MODEL PARAMETERS; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; RADAR REMOTE SENSING; SCATTEROMETERS; STATISTICAL MEASURES; VALIDATION ANALYSIS; VISUAL COMPARISON;

GEOLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; REMOTE SENSING;

SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 84873112947     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351330     Document Type: Conference Paper

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