Vegetation optical depth and scattering albedo retrieval using time series of dual-polarized L-band radiometer observations

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 172, Issue , 2016, Pages 178-189

  Konings, Alexandra G ^a   Piles, María ^b   Rötzer, Kathrina ^c   McColl, Kaighin A ^a   Chan, Steven K ^d   Entekhabi, Dara ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquarius SAC D; L band radiometry; Single scattering albedo; SMAP; Soil dielectric constant; Soil moisture; Vegetation optical depth; Vegetation water content

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MOISTURE; NASA; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; SOLAR RADIATION; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION; VIDEO ON DEMAND; WATER CONTENT;

AQUARIUS/SAC-D; L-BAND RADIOMETRY; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; SMAP; SOIL DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; VEGETATION OPTICAL DEPTH; VEGETATION WATER CONTENT;

RADIOMETRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALBEDO; ALGORITHM; LIGHT SCATTERING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL DEPTH; POLARIZATION; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; SATELLITE; SOIL MOISTURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 84947560993     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.11.009     Document Type: Article

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