A New Retrieval Algorithm for Soil Moisture Index from Thermal Infrared Sensor On-Board Geostationary Satellites over Europe and Africa and Its Validation

Monitoring soil moisture at the Earth’surface is of great importance for drought early warnings. Spaceborne remote sensing is a keystone in monitoring at continental scale, as satellites can make observations of locations which are scarcely monitored by ground-based techniques. In recent y...

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Main Authors: Nicolas Ghilain, Alirio Arboleda, Okke Batelaan, Jonas Ardö, Isabel Trigo, Jose-Miguel Barrios, Francoise Gellens-Meulenberghs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-08-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/11/17/1968