| TU2.T03: Soil Moisture: Downscaling Approaches | 
   | Session Type: Oral | 
   | Time: Tuesday, July 23, 10:30 - 12:10 | 
   | Location: Room 103 | 
   | Session Chairs: Dara Entekhabi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Ramata Magagi, University of Sherbrooke | 
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   | TU2.T03.1: SPATIAL DOWNSCALING OF COARSE PASSIVE RADIOMETER SOIL MOISTURE USING RADAR, VEGETATION INDEX AND SURFACE TEMPERATURE | 
  | Venkat Lakshmi;  University of South Carolina | 
| Bin Fang;  University of South Carolina | 
| Ujjwal Narayan;  University of South Carolina | 
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   | TU2.T03.2: A DOWNSCALING ALGORITHM FOR COMBINING RADAR AND RADIOMETER OBSERVATIONS FOR SMAP SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVAL | 
  | Peng Guo;  Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences | 
| Jiancheng Shi;  Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences | 
| Tianjie Zhao;  Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences | 
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   | TU2.T03.3: DOWNSCALING OF SMOS DERIVED SOIL MOISTURE AND VALIDATION WITH GROUND TRUTH DATA | 
  | Opn Calla;  International Centre for Radio Science | 
| Abhishek Kalla;  International Centre for Radio Science | 
| Gaurav Rathore;  International Centre for Radio Science | 
| Kishan Lal Gadri;  International Centre for Radio Science | 
| Rahul Sharma;  International Centre for Radio Science | 
| Sunil Kumar Agrahari;  International Centre for Radio Science | 
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   | TU2.T03.4: DISAGGREGATION OF SMOS DERIVED SOIL MOISTURE BY USING MULTIPLICATIVE RANDOM CASCADE METHOD | 
  | Mehdi Hosseini;  Université de Sherbrooke, Centre d'applications et de recherches en télédétection (CARTEL) | 
| Ramata Magagi;  Université de Sherbrooke, Centre d'applications et de recherches en télédétection (CARTEL) | 
| Kalifa Goïta;  Université de Sherbrooke, Centre d'applications et de recherches en télédétection (CARTEL) | 
| Najib Djamai;  Université de Sherbrooke, Centre d'applications et de recherches en télédétection (CARTEL) | 
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   | TU2.T03.5: USING ITL CONCEPTS TO DOWNSCALE SMOS SOIL MOISTURE FOR AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS | 
  | Jasmeet Judge;  University of Florida | 
| Tara Bongiovanni;  University of Florida | 
| Subit Chakrabarty;  University of Florida | 
| Jose Principe;  University of Florida | 
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