Observations from spaceborne radar contain considerable information about vegetation
dynamics. The ability to extract this information could lead to improved soil moisture …

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 …

Abstract Climate Data Records of soil moisture are fundamental for improving our
understanding of long-term dynamics in the coupled water, energy, and carbon cycles over …

Although primarily valued for their suitability for oceanographic applications and soil
moisture estimation, microwave remote sensing observations are also sensitive to plant …

Vegetation optical depth (VOD) is seasonally sensitive to plant water content and
aboveground biomass. This index has a strong penetrability within the vegetation canopy …

In the context of climate change, the occurrence of water stress in forest ecosystems, which
are solely dependent on precipitation, has exhibited a rising trend, even among species that …

Remotely sensed microwave observations of vegetation optical depth (VOD) have been
widely used for examining vegetation responses to climate. Nevertheless, the relative …

Remote sensing of soil moisture has reached a level of good maturity and accuracy for
which the retrieved products are ready to use in real-world applications. Due to the …

Agricultural droughts are extreme events which are often a result of interplays between
multiple hydro-meteorological processes. Therefore, assessing drought occurrence, extent …

In the context of increasing environmental change, monitoring crop conditions throughout
the growing season is critical for agricultural management, risk mitigation and early …