Exploring Sentinel-1 backscatter time series over the Atacama Desert (Chile) for seasonal dynamics of surface soil moisture

Recent research indicates an inverse relation between Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) signal and near-surface soil moisture (SM) over very dry sediments, arid to hyper-arid soils resp., caused by subsurface scattering effects. This phenomenon can lead to large errors when it comes to modelling and re...

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Hauptverfasser: Ullmann, Tobias (VerfasserIn) , Jagdhuber, Thomas (VerfasserIn) , Hoffmeister, Dirk (VerfasserIn) , May, Simon Matthias (VerfasserIn) , Baumhauer, Roland (VerfasserIn) , Bubenzer, Olaf (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 21 December 2022
In: Remote sensing of environment
Year: 2022, Jahrgang: 285, Pages: 1-18
ISSN:1879-0704
DOI:10.1016/j.rse.2022.113413
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113413
Verlag, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425722005193
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Verfasserangaben:Tobias Ullmann, Thomas Jagdhuber, Dirk Hoffmeister, Simon Matthias May, Roland Baumhauer, Olaf Bubenzer

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