Satellite soil moisture for advancing our understanding of earth system processes and climate change

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 48, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-4

  Dorigo, Wouter ^a   de Jeu, Richard ^b,c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Transmissivity B V   (Netherlands)

^c Van der Sat BV   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85015831253     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2016.02.007     Document Type: Editorial

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