TY - BOOK ID - 56483071 TI - Microwave radiometry of vegetation canopies AU - Chukhlantsev, Alexander A AU - SpringerLink (Online service) PY - 2006 SN - 9781402046827 PB - Dordrecht Springer Netherlands DB - UniCat KW - Geodesy. Cartography KW - Electromagnetism. Ferromagnetism KW - Spectrometric and optical chemical analysis KW - Meteorology. Climatology KW - Environmental protection. Environmental technology KW - golfmechanica KW - fotogrammetrie KW - elektrodynamica KW - milieubeheer KW - fysicochemie KW - klimaatverandering KW - spectrometrie UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:56483071 AB - Research into microwave radiation from the Earth's surface in the presence of vegetation canopies, as well as the development of algorithms for retrieval of soil and vegetation parameters from microwave radiometric measurements, have been actively conducted for the last 30 years by scientific groups worldwide. The capability of the microwave radiometric method to determine soil moisture and vegetation biometric indices was revealed 25 years ago by the author and his colleagues. Soil moisture and vegetation covers play a key role in the hydrological cycle and in water and energy transfer on the border of land surface and atmosphere through evaporation and transpiration. Accomplishment of large international projects shows that microwave radiometry of soil and vegetation has become an instrument of practical application and operational use. A systematic account of questions concerning the microwave radiometry of the Earth's surface in the presence of vegetation canopies is the main objective of the book. ER -