Soil moisture retrieval from airborne L-band passive microwave using high resolution multispectral data

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 91, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-71

  Hasan, Sayeh ^a   Montzka, Carsten ^a   Rüdiger, Christoph ^b   Ali, Muhammad ^a   R Bogena, Heye ^a   Vereecken, Harry ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airborne radiometer; L MEB; Leaf area index; PLMR2; Soil moisture; Vegetation optical depth

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CATCHMENTS; FORESTRY; MICROWAVES; NASA; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOMETERS; SPACE FLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION;

AIRBORNE RADIOMETERS; L-MEB; LEAF AREA INDEX; PLMR2; VEGETATION OPTICAL DEPTH;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ABSORPTION; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS FOREST; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LEAF AREA INDEX; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIOMETER; SCATTERING; SMOS; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VEGETATION COVER;

ATTENUATION; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLANTS; RADIOMETRY; SENSORS; SOIL;

GERMANY; RUR VALLEY;

EID: 84895792407     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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