DocumentCode
2114841
Title
The global soil moisture archive 1992-2000 from ERS scatterometer data: first results
Author
Scipal, K. ; Wagner, W. ; Trommler, M. ; Naumann, K.
Author_Institution
Inst. of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, Vienna Univ. of Technol., Austria
Volume
3
fYear
2002
fDate
24-28 June 2002
Firstpage
1399
Abstract
Soil moisture is a key variable in a number of geophysical and ecological processes. Despite its importance, availability of information on soil moisture is limited. Only recently it could be demonstrated that low resolution radar data in combination with a change detection method can resolve this constraint. Experience gained in a number of successful pilot projects, lead to an initiative, setting up a global soil moisture archive.
Keywords
collections of physical data; moisture; remote sensing by radar; soil; terrain mapping; AD 1992 to 2000; ERS scatterometer data; change detection method; ecological processes; geophysical processes; global soil moisture archive; low resolution radar data; soil moisture information; Radar measurements; Rough surfaces; Satellites; Sea surface; Soil measurements; Soil moisture; Spaceborne radar; Surface roughness; Vegetation; Water resources;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7536-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1026129
Filename
1026129
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