An algorithm for soil moisture estimation using GPS-interferometric reflectometry for bare and vegetated soil

GPS Solutions

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 525-537

  Chew, Clara ^a   Small, Eric E ^a   Larson, Kristine M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Global positioning systems; Hydrogeodesy; Multipath; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INTERFEROMETRY; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; TRACKING (POSITION); VEGETATION;

HYDROGEODESY; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; MULTIPATH; RESIDUAL MOISTURE CONTENT; SOIL MOISTURE ESTIMATION; TEMPORAL FLUCTUATION; VOLUMETRIC SOIL MOISTURE CONTENTS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ALGORITHM; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEODESY; GEODETIC NETWORK; GPS; INTERFEROMETER; INTERFEROMETRY; MOISTURE CONTENT; REFLECTOMETRY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 84930260363     PISSN: 10805370     EISSN: 15211886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10291-015-0462-4     Document Type: Article

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