This review paper reports on the state-of-the-art concerning observations of surface winds,
waves, and currents from space and their use for scientific research and subsequent …

The development of radar polarimetry and radar interferometry is advancing rapidly, and
these novel radar technologies are revamping 'Synthetic aperture radar imaging'decisively …

The global ocean surface wind vector is a key parameter for short-term weather forecasting,
the issuing of timely weather warnings, and the gathering of general climatological data. In …

The L-band passive and active microwave geophysical model functions (GMFs) of ocean
surface winds from the Aquarius data are derived. The matchups of Aquarius data with the …

A distributed biosphere hydrological model, the so‐called water and energy budget‐based
distributed hydrological model (WEB‐DHM), has been developed by fully coupling a …

Understanding of near‐surface soil moisture variability at different spatial scales and
associated dominant physical controls is limited. In the past, soil moisture dynamics studies …

Field experiments (SMEX02) were conducted to evaluate the effects of dense agricultural
crop conditions on soil moisture retrieval using passive microwave remote sensing. Aircraft …

WindSat is a space-based polarimetric microwave radiometer designed to demonstrate the
capability to measure the ocean surface wind vector using a radiometer. We describe a …

A series of soil moisture experiments were conducted in 2003 (SMEX03) to develop
enhanced datasets necessary to improve spatiotemporal characterization of soil moisture …

Soil moisture status in the root zone is an important component of the water cycle at all
spatial scales (eg, point, field, catchment, watershed, and region). In this study, the spatio …