Title :
Microwave remote sensing of land surfaces soil moisture at Global Hydrology and Climate Center
Author :
Wu, Shilh-Tseng Steve
Author_Institution :
NASA Global Hydrology & Climate Center, Huntsville, AL, USA
Abstract :
The Global Hydrology and Climate Center (GHCC) consists of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center´s ES41/Earth Systems Science Division, University Space Research Association and University of Alabama in Huntsville. A few researchers at GHCC and the microwave group of the Earth Systems Science Division, in particular, collaborated with Alabama A and M University in proposing hydrology, soil climatology and remote sensing studies by establishing a Minority University Research Center (MURC). The proposal was funded for FY95 to FY99 and the authors currently are in the first two years´ planning and implementation phases. The microwave remote sensing of land surface soil moisture is one element of the research program
Keywords :
UHF measurement; geophysical techniques; hydrological techniques; microwave measurement; moisture measurement; radiometry; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; soil; Global Hydrology and Climate Center; MURC; Minority University Research Center; USA; United States; geophysical measurement technique; hydrology; land surface; microwave remote sensing; radar remote sensing; soil moisture; terrain mapping; Geoscience; Hydrology; Instruments; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microwave radiometry; Moisture; NASA; Remote sensing; Spaceborne radar; Surface soil;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1996. IGARSS '96. 'Remote Sensing for a Sustainable Future.', International
Conference_Location :
Lincoln, NE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3068-4
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1996.516646
