Global monitoring of snow water equivalent using high frequency radar remote sensing

L Tsang, M Durand, C Derksen, AP Barros… - The Cryosphere …, 2021 - tc.copernicus.org
Seasonal snow cover is the largest single component of the cryosphere in areal extent,
covering an average of 46 million square km of Earth's surface (31% of the land area) each …

Michigan microwave canopy scattering model

FT Ulaby, K Sarabandi, K Mcdonald… - … Journal of Remote …, 1990 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The Michigan Microwave Canopy Scattering model (MIMICS) is based on a first-
order solution of the radiative-transfer equation for a tree canopy comprising a crown layer, a …

On the nature of models in remote sensing

AH Strahler, CE Woodcock, JA Smith - Remote sensing of environment, 1986 - Elsevier
An explicit framework can provide a better understanding of remote sensing models and
their interrelationships. This framework distinguishes between the scene, which is real and …

Parameterization of vegetation backscatter in radar-based, soil moisture estimation

R Bindlish, AP Barros - Remote sensing of environment, 2001 - Elsevier
The Integral Equation Model (IEM) was previously used in conjunction with an inversion
model to retrieve soil moisture using multifrequency and multipolarization data from …

Active microwave soil moisture research

MC Dobson, FT Ulaby - IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and …, 1986 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper summarizes the progress achieved in the active microwave remote sensing of
soil moisture during the four years of the AgRISTARS program. Within that time period, from …

Spaceborne soil moisture estimation at high resolution: A microwave-optical/IR synergistic approach

NS Chauhan, S Miller, P Ardanuy - International Journal of Remote …, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
An approach is evaluated for the estimation of soil moisture at high resolution using satellite
microwave and optical/infrared (IR) data. This approach can be applied to data acquired by …

A microwave scattering model for layered vegetation

MA Karam, AK Fung, RH Lang… - … Goddard Visiting Scientist …, 1992 - ntrs.nasa.gov
A microwave scattering model was developed for layered vegetation based on an iterative
solution of the radiative transfer equation up to the second order to account for multiple …

The soil moisture active passive experiments (SMAPEx): Toward soil moisture retrieval from the SMAP mission

R Panciera, JP Walker, TJ Jackson… - IEEE transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission will carry the first combined
spaceborne L-band radiometer and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) system with the …

Propagation of electromagnetic waves through a turbulent atmosphere

YA Kravtsov - Reports on Progress in Physics, 1992 - iopscience.iop.org
Reviews the major advances achieved in the studies of EM wave propagation in turbulent
media. The greatest attention has been directly to the problem of strong fluctuations of …

[PDF][PDF] Wiley encyclopedia of electrical and electronics engineering

JG Webster - 1999 - 136.175.10.10
01• Aerospace and Electronic Systems Page 1 1 Page 2 i WILEY ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ELECTRICAL
AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING 24 Volume Set (Hardcover) by John G. Webster (Editor) …