Analysis of a Least-Squares Soil Moisture Retrieval Algorithm from L-band Passive Observations

The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission of the European Space Agency (ESA), launched on November 2009, is an unprecedented initiative to globally monitor surface soil moisture using a novel 2-D L-band interferometric radiometer concept. Airborne campaigns and ground-based field experimen...

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Main Authors: Alessandra Monerris, Marco Talone, Adriano Camps, Mercè Vall-llossera, María Piles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2010-01-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/2/1/352/