Global-Scale Evaluation of Roughness Effects on C-Band AMSR-E Observations

Quantifying roughness effects on ground surface emissivity is an important step in obtaining high-quality soil moisture products from large-scale passive microwave sensors. In this study, we used a semi-empirical method to evaluate roughness effects (parameterized here by the...

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Main Authors: Shu Wang, Jean-Pierre Wigneron, Ling-Mei Jiang, Marie Parrens, Xiao-Yong Yu, Amen Al-Yaari, Qin-Yu Ye, Roberto Fernandez-Moran, Wei Ji, Yann Kerr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-05-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/7/5/5734