Radar remote sensing of agricultural canopies: A review
SC Steele-Dunne, H McNairn… - IEEE Journal of …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Observations from spaceborne radar contain considerable information about vegetation
dynamics. The ability to extract this information could lead to improved soil moisture …
dynamics. The ability to extract this information could lead to improved soil moisture …
[HTML][HTML] Global monitoring of the vegetation dynamics from the Vegetation Optical Depth (VOD): A review
Vegetation is a key element in the energy, water and carbon balances over the land
surfaces and is strongly impacted by climate change and anthropogenic effects. Remotely …
surfaces and is strongly impacted by climate change and anthropogenic effects. Remotely …
[HTML][HTML] Evolution of the ESA CCI Soil Moisture climate data records and their underlying merging methodology
The European Space Agency's Climate Change Initiative for Soil Moisture (ESA CCI SM)
merging algorithm generates consistent quality-controlled long-term (1978–2018) climate …
merging algorithm generates consistent quality-controlled long-term (1978–2018) climate …
[HTML][HTML] Sensitivity of Sentinel-1 backscatter to vegetation dynamics: An Austrian case study
Crop monitoring is of great importance for eg, yield prediction and increasing water use
efficiency. The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission operated by the European Space Agency …
efficiency. The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission operated by the European Space Agency …
Toward global soil moisture monitoring with Sentinel-1: Harnessing assets and overcoming obstacles
B Bauer-Marschallinger, V Freeman… - … on Geoscience and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soil moisture is a key environmental variable, important to, eg, farmers, meteorologists, and
disaster management units. Here, we present a method to retrieve surface soil moisture …
disaster management units. Here, we present a method to retrieve surface soil moisture …
Triple collocation-based merging of satellite soil moisture retrievals
We propose a method for merging soil moisture retrievals from spaceborne active and
passive microwave instruments based on weighted averaging taking into account the error …
passive microwave instruments based on weighted averaging taking into account the error …
[HTML][HTML] The global long-term microwave vegetation optical depth climate archive (VODCA)
Since the late 1970s, space-borne microwave radiometers have been providing
measurements of radiation emitted by the Earth's surface. From these measurements it is …
measurements of radiation emitted by the Earth's surface. From these measurements it is …
Macro to micro: microwave remote sensing of plant water content for physiology and ecology
Although primarily valued for their suitability for oceanographic applications and soil
moisture estimation, microwave remote sensing observations are also sensitive to plant …
moisture estimation, microwave remote sensing observations are also sensitive to plant …
How much water is used for irrigation? A new approach exploiting coarse resolution satellite soil moisture products
Abstract Knowledge of irrigation is essential for ensuring food and water security, and to
cope with the scarcity of water resources, which is expected to exacerbate under the …
cope with the scarcity of water resources, which is expected to exacerbate under the …
Seasonal variations in vegetation water content retrieved from microwave remote sensing over Amazon intact forests
Vegetation optical depth (VOD) is seasonally sensitive to plant water content and
aboveground biomass. This index has a strong penetrability within the vegetation canopy …
aboveground biomass. This index has a strong penetrability within the vegetation canopy …