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Multifrequency passive microwave observations of soil moisture in an arid rangeland environmentA cooperative experiment was conducted by teams from the U.S. and U.S.S.R. to evaluate passive microwave instruments and algorithms used to estimate surface soil moisture. Experiments were conducted as part of an interdisciplinary experiment in an arid rangeland watershed located in the southwest United States. Soviet microwave radiometers operating at wavelengths of 2.25, 21 and 27 cm were flown on a U.S. aircraft. Radio frequency interference limited usable data to the 2.25 and 21 cm systems. Data have been calibrated and compared to ground observations of soil moisture. These analyses showed that the 21 cm system could produce reliable and useful soil moisture information and that the 2.25 cm system was of no value for soil moisture estimation in this experiment.
Document ID
19920044615
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Jackson, T. J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Schmugge, T. J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Parry, R.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Kustas, W. P.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Ritchie, J. C.
(USDA, Hydrology Laboratory, Beltsville MD, United States)
Shutko, A. M.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Khaldin, A.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Reutov, E.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Novichikhin, E.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Liberman, B.
(AN SSSR Institut Radiotekhniki i Elektroniki, Moscow, Ussr)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: International Journal of Remote Sensing
Volume: 13
ISSN: 0143-1161
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Accession Number
92A27239
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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