A downscaling method for improving the spatial resolution of AMSR-E derived soil moisture product based on MSG-SEVIRI data

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6790-6811

  Zhao, Wei ^a   Li, Ainong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Amsr e; Downscaling; Seviri; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER; AMSR-E; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; DOWN-SCALING; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; METEOSAT SECOND GENERATIONS; SEVIRI; SPINNING ENHANCED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ESTIMATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SOIL MOISTURE;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 84891386499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5126790     Document Type: Article

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