Application of artificial neural networks for the soil moisture retrieval from active and passive microwave spaceborne sensors

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 48, Issue , 2016, Pages 61-73

  Santi, Emanuele ^a   Paloscia, Simonetta ^a   Pettinato, Simone ^a   Fontanelli, Giacomo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Microwave radiometers; Scatterometer; Soil moisture content; Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; MOISTURE CONTENT; SATELLITE SENSOR; SCATTEROMETER; SOIL MOISTURE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 85007574043     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2015.08.002     Document Type: Article

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