Global surface soil moisture from the Microwave Radiation Imager onboard the Fengyun-3B satellite

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 7007-7029

  Parinussa, R M ^a   Wang, G ^b   Holmes, T R H ^c   Liu, Y Y ^d   Dolman, A J ^a   de Jeu, R A M ^a   Jiang, T ^e   Zhang, P ^f   Shi, J ^g  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^f NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^g INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DROUGHT; MICROWAVE SENSORS; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE CONTROL; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; SATELLITES; SOIL MOISTURE;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; EAST ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON; INDIVIDUAL CALIBRATIONS; SATELLITE SOIL MOISTURE; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIATIONS; SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; VEGETATION OPTICAL DEPTH;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DROUGHT; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE MISSION; SOIL MOISTURE; TRMM; VEGETATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84908077300     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2014.960622     Document Type: Article

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