Publication Date:
2018-06-08
Description:
We hypothesize that the strong sensitivity of radar backscatter to surface dielectric properties, and hence to the phase (solid or liquid) of any water near the surface, should make space-borne radar observations a powerful tool for large-scale spatial monitoring of the freeze/thaw state of the land surface, and thus ecosystem growing season length.
Keywords:
Earth Resources and Remote Sensing
Type:
JGR-Atmospheres
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