Dual-polarization GNSS-R interference pattern technique for soil moisture mapping

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1533-1544

  Arroyo, Alberto Alonso ^a   Camps, Adriano ^a   Aguasca, Albert ^a   Forte, Giuseppe F ^a   Monerris, Alessandra ^b   Rüdiger, Cristoph ^b   Walker, Jeffrey P ^b   Park, Hyuk ^a   Pascual, Daniel ^a   Onrubia, Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brewster angle; global navigation satellite systems (GNSS); GNSS reflectometry (GNSS R); interference pattern technique (IPT); soil moisture (SM)

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTS; POLARIZATION; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; REFLECTION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE;

BREWSTER ANGLE; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; HORIZONTAL POLARIZATION; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; REFLECTOMETRY; SOIL MOISTURE MAPPING; SPECULAR REFLECTIONS; VERTICAL POLARIZATION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

GNSS; MAPPING; POLARIZATION; REFLECTOMETRY; SOIL MOISTURE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84903300798     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2014.2320792     Document Type: Article

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