Surface soil moisture retrievals from remote sensing: Current status, products & future trends

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 83-84, Issue , 2015, Pages 36-56

  Petropoulos, George P ^a   Ireland, Gareth ^a   Barrett, Brian ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydrology; Land surface interactions; Remote sensing; Soil moisture; Water balance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD SUPPLY; HYDROLOGY; MICROWAVE SENSORS; MOISTURE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; SPACE OPTICS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRA; INNOVATIVE RESEARCH; LAND SURFACE; SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVAL; SUSTAINABLE PLANNING; THERMAL INFRARED REMOTE SENSING; WATER BALANCE;

REMOTE SENSING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; LAND SURFACE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 84961383328     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2015.02.009     Document Type: Review

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