Effective roughness modelling as a tool for soil moisture retrieval from C- and L-band SAR

Soil moisture retrieval from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) using state-of-the-art back-scatter models is not fully operational at present, mainly due to difficulties involved in the parameterisation of soil surface roughness. Recently, increasing interest has been drawn to the use of calibrated or...

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Main Authors: H. Lievens, N. E. C. Verhoest, E. De Keyser, H. Vernieuwe, P. Matgen, J. Álvarez-Mozos, B. De Baets
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/15/151/2011/hess-15-151-2011.pdf