The Monitoring Analysis for the Drought in China by Using an Improved MPI Method

The Monitoring Analysis for the Drought in China by Using an Improved MPI Method

MPI (microwave polarization index) method can use different frequencies at vertical polarization to retrieve soil moisture from TMI (tropical microwave imager) data, which is mainly suitable for bare soil. This paper makes an improvement for MPI method which makes it suitable for surface covered by...

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Main Authors: Ke-biao MAO, Ying MA, Lang XIA, Hua-jun TANG, Li-juan HAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-06-01
Series:Journal of Integrative Agriculture
Subjects:
drought
soil moisture
climate change
microwave remote sensing
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311912600975

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