Modelling the passive microwave signature from land surfaces: A review of recent results and application to the L-band SMOS & SMAP soil moisture retrieval algorithms

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 192, Issue , 2017, Pages 238-262

  Wigneron, J P ^a   Jackson, T J ^b   O'Neill, P ^c   De Lannoy, G ^d   de Rosnay, P ^e   Walker, J P ^f   Ferrazzoli, P ^g   Mironov, V ^h   Bircher, S ⁱ   Grant, J P ^j   Kurum, M ^k   Schwank, M ^l   Munoz Sabater, J ^e   Das, N ^m   Royer, A ⁿ   Al Yaari, A ^a   Al Bitar, A ⁱ   Fernandez Moran, R ^a   Lawrence, H ^e   Mialon, A ⁱ   Parrens, M ⁱ   Richaume, P ⁱ   Delwart, S ^o   Kerr, Y ⁱ   more..

^a BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^h Kirenski Institute   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^j Netherlands Space Office (NSO)   (Netherlands)

^k MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^m CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^o ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; MOISTURE CONTROL; SCANNING ANTENNAS; VEGETATION;

EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; MICROWAVE BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; PASSIVE MICROWAVE SIGNATURES; SEMIEMPIRICAL MODELS; SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS; SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ALGORITHM; AQUARIUS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; LAND SURFACE; PARAMETERIZATION; PERMITTIVITY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SMOS; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 85014435143     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2017.01.024     Document Type: Review

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