Remote sensing of soil moisture: An overview in relation to coastal soils

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 685-696

  Klemas, Victor ^a   Finkl, Charles W ^b   Kabbara, Nijad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

coastal soil moisture; microwave radiometry of soil moisture; remote sensing; soil moisture; Soil moisture sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904637015     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-13-00072.1     Document Type: Article

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