Soil moisture retrieval from AMSR-E and ASCAT microwave observation synergy. Part 2: Product evaluation

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 195, Issue , 2017, Pages 202-217

  Kolassa, J ^a   Gentine, P ^a   Prigent, C ^a,b,c   Aires, F ^a,b,c   Alemohammad, S H ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c Estellus SAS ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Active passive microwave; Satellite retrieval; Sensor synergy; Soil moisture; Surface hydrology

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE SENSORS; MOISTURE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ACTIVE/PASSIVE; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; MICROWAVE OBSERVATIONS; PASSIVE MICROWAVE SENSORS; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; SOIL MOISTURE NETWORKS; SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS; SURFACE HYDROLOGY;

SOIL SURVEYS;

AMSR-E; ANOMALY; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ASCAT; BACKSCATTER; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; HYDROLOGY; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; SMOS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 85018863307     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2017.04.020     Document Type: Article

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