Analysis of spatial distribution and multi-year trend of the remotely sensed soil moisture on the Tibetan Plateau

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2173-2185

  Liu, Qiang ^a,c   Du, JinYang ^a   Shi, JianCheng ^a   Jiang, LingMei ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

dual channel method; passive microwave; soil moisture; spatial distribution; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER FOR EOS; DUAL CHANNEL; METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION; REMOTELY SENSED SOIL MOISTURE; SEASONAL CHARACTERISTICS; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

ALGORITHMS; CLIMATE CHANGE; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ALGORITHM; AMSR-E; EOS; PLATEAU; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER VAPOR;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84889000712     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-013-4700-8     Document Type: Article

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