Measurement and simulation of topographic effects on passive microwave remote sensing over mountain areas: A case study from the tibetan plateau

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1489-1501

  Li, Xinxin ^a   Zhang, Lixin ^a   Weihermuller, Lutz ^b   Jiang, Lingmei ^a   Vereecken, Harry ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advaned Microwave Scanning Radiometer Earth Observing System (AMSR E); mountain area; passive microwave remote sensing; radiometer; topography

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER-EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM (AMSR-E); LAND-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; MEASUREMENT AND SIMULATION; MOUNTAIN AREA; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; PASSIVE MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; PASSIVE MICROWAVE SENSORS; SOIL SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FLOODS; GEOMETRY; LANDFORMS; POLARIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE WATERS; TOPOGRAPHY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; GEOMETRY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL WATER; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER CONTENT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84890905515     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2013.2251887     Document Type: Article

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