Impact of moisture distribution within the sensing depth on L- and C-band emission in sandy soils

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 887-899

  Liu, Pang Wei ^a   De Roo, Roger D ^b   England, Anthony W ^b   Judge, Jasmeet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Emission models; moisture sensing depth; passive microwave remote sensing; rough surface emissivity; soil moisture profile

Indexed keywords

EMISSION MODEL; MOISTURE SENSING; PASSIVE MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; ROUGH SURFACES; SOIL MOISTURE PROFILES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ESTIMATION; MODELS; MOISTURE METERS; SOIL MOISTURE;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ALGORITHM; EMISSIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SANDY SOIL; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 84877925873     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2012.2213239     Document Type: Article

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