Detecting changes in surface soil moisture content using differential SAR interferometry

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 7091-7112

  Barrett, B ^a   Whelan, P ^a   Dwyer, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; GEODETIC SATELLITES; INTERFEROMETRY; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; POLARIZATION; SPACE-BASED RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ADVANCED LAND OBSERVING SATELLITES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS POLARIZATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL INTERFEROGRAMS; DIFFERENTIAL INTERFEROMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; DIFFERENTIAL SAR INTERFEROMETRY; SURFACE DISPLACEMENT; SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE;

SOIL MOISTURE;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ALOS; ENVISAT-1; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SOIL MOISTURE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

HORDEUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84881625094     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.813654     Document Type: Article

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