• DocumentCode
    2191490
  • Title

    Testing and improving forward model and SMOS L2 algorithm for forests

  • Author

    Rahmoune, R. ; Ferrazzoli, P. ; Kerr, Y. ; Richaume, P.

  • Author_Institution
    DISP, Tor Vergata Univ. of Rome, Rome, Italy
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    22-27 July 2012
  • Firstpage
    3787
  • Lastpage
    3790
  • Abstract
    This paper introduces a revised version of the forward model adopted by the SMOS SM algorithm to represent forest emission. The forward model is tested against multitemporal measurements of brightness temperature obtained over a US forest. World map of retrieved optical depth and soil moisture are also presented.
  • Keywords
    atmospheric temperature; brightness; forestry; soil; vegetation; vegetation mapping; SMOS L2 algorithm; SMOS SM algorithm; US forest; brightness temperature; forest emission; forward model; multitemporal measurements; optical depth retrieval; soil moisture; SMOS; forest emission; soil moisture;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • ISSN
    2153-6996
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1160-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2153-6996
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6350492
  • Filename
    6350492