Influence of vegetation on SMOS mission retrievals

Using the proposed Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission as a case study, this paper investigates how the presence and nature of vegetation influence the values of geophysical variables retrieved from multi-angle microwave radiometer observations. Synthetic microwave brightness temperature...

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Main Authors: K. Lee, Eleanor J. Burke, W. Shuttleworth, R. Harlow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2002-01-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/6/153/2002/hess-6-153-2002.pdf