The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity Mission: an overview

Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Earth's Surface and Atmosphere

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 467-475

  Kerr, Y H ^a   Waldteufel, P ^b   Wigneron, J P ^c   Martinuzzi, J M ^d   Lazard, B ^d   Goutoule, J M ^e   Tabard, C ^e   Lannes, A ^f  

^a CESBIO   (France)

^b INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d CNES   (France)

^e MMS   (France)

^f CERFACS   (France)

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EID: 85168884508     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781003421603-61     Document Type: Chapter

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