A Hybrid (Multi-Angle and Multipolarization) Approach to Soil Moisture Retrieval Using the Integral Equation Model: Preparing for the RADARSAT Constellation Mission

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 349-362

  Merzouki, Amine ^a   McNairn, Heather ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; IMAGE ACQUISITION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTROL; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TABLE LOOKUP;

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; CONSTELLATION MISSIONS; INTEGRAL EQUATION MODELS; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; SITU SOIL MOISTURES; SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 84957429851     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07038992.2015.1104629     Document Type: Article

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