Spaceborne altimetry and scatterometry backscattering signatures at C- and Ku-bands over West Africa

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 159, Issue , 2015, Pages 117-133

  Fatras, C ^a,b   Frappart, F ^a,c,d   Mougin, E ^a   Frison, P L ^e   Faye, G ^f,g   Borderies, P ^b   Jarlan, L ^h  

^a Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^b ONERA   (France)

^c LEGOS   (France)

^d Groupe de Recherche de Geodesie Spatiale   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^g Third World Forum Dakar   (Senegal)

^h CESBIO18 avenue Édouard Belin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Radar altimetry; Radar scatterometry; Surface properties; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; BACKSCATTERING; GEODETIC SATELLITES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADAR; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VEGETATION;

BACKSCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; BIOCLIMATIC GRADIENTS; COMPREHENSIVE COMPARISONS; RADAR ALTIMETRY; SCATTEROMETRY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL CHANGES; SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE; WEST AFRICA;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ASCAT; BACKSCATTER; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; ENVISAT; LAND COVER; QUIKSCAT; SCATTEROMETER; SIR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION COVER;

SAHARA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84923792271     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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