A synergistic methodology for soil moisture estimation in an alpine prairie using radar and optical satellite data

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 10966-10985

  He, Binbin ^a   Xing, Minfeng ^a   Bai, Xiaojing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Integral equation method (IEM); Microwave optical synergistic methodology; Remote sensing; Soil moisture; Vegetated area; Water cloud model (WCM)

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CLOUD COMPUTING; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL SURVEYS; VEGETATION;

DUAL-POLARIZATIONS; INTEGRAL EQUATION METHODS; OPTICAL SATELLITES; SOIL MOISTURE ESTIMATION; SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS; VEGETATED AREA; VEGETATION COVERAGE; WATER CLOUD MODELS;

SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 84912140459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs61110966     Document Type: Article

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