Soil moisture retrieval from AMSR-E and ASCAT microwave observation synergy. Part 1: Satellite data analysis

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 173, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-14

  Kolassa, J ^a   Gentine, P ^a   Prigent, C ^a,b,c   Aires, F ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering ^*  (United States)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c Estellus SAS ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Active passive microwave; Satellite retrieval; Sensor synergy; Soil moisture; Surface hydrology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DATA FUSION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE SENSORS; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; SOILS;

ACTIVE/PASSIVE; MICROWAVE OBSERVATIONS; MICROWAVE POLARIZATIONS; PASSIVE MICROWAVE SENSORS; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS; SURFACE HYDROLOGY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE INFORMATION;

SOIL MOISTURE;

AMSR-E; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ASCAT; BACKSCATTER; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; POLARIZATION; SATELLITE DATA; SENSOR; SOIL MOISTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84947734797     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.11.011     Document Type: Article

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