Title :
Foreword to the Special Issue on Remote Sensing and Modeling of Surface Properties
Author :
Prigent, C. ; Weng, Fuzhong ; Grody, Norman C.
Abstract :
The 14 papers in this special issue focus on remote sensing and modeling of surface properties. The issue is devoted to the modeling and retrieval of surface parameters from satellite measurements, and the techniques used to assimilate surface-sensitive channels in numerical prediction models (NWPs).
Keywords :
Land surface; Observatories; Ocean temperature; Predictive models; Reflectivity; Remote sensing; Satellites; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Weather forecasting;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TGRS.2007.914981
