Mapping soil water content under sparse vegetation and changeable sky conditions: Comparison of two thermal inertia approaches

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Maltese, Antonino ^a   Capodici, Fulvio ^a   Ciraolo, Giuseppe ^a   La Loggia, Goffredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

cloudiness; soil water content; sparse vegetation; thermal inertia

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

CLOUDINESS; DISTRIBUTED APPROACHES; RADIOMETRIC TEMPERATURE; REMOTELY SENSED ESTIMATIONS; SOIL THERMAL PROPERTIES; SOIL WATER CONTENT; THERMAL INERTIA; THERMAL INFRARED BANDS;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 84879513083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JRS.7.073548     Document Type: Article

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