Passive/Active Soil Moisture Retrieval Algorithms

Session Type: Oral
Time: Wednesday, March 26, 10:10 - 11:50
Location: Ramo Auditorium, Bldg 77
Session Chairs: Simonetta Paloscia, IFAC-CNR and Eni Njoku, NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
 
1: A PROTOTYPE ANN BASED ALGORITHM FOR THE SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVAL FROM L- BAND IN VIEW OF THE INCOMING SMAP MISSION
         Emanuele Santi; IFAC - CNR
         Simonetta Paloscia; IFAC - CNR
         Simone Pettinato; IFAC - CNR
         Giacomo Fontanelli; IFAC - CNR
 
2: PASSIVE AND ACTIVE FOREST SIMULATIONS AND COMPARISONS WITH SMAPEX-3 DATA
         Cristina Vittucci; University of Rome Tor Vergata
         Leila Guerriero; University of Rome Tor Vergata
         Paolo Ferrazzoli; University of Rome Tor Vergata
         Rachid Rahmoune; University of Rome Tor Vergata
         Mihai Tanase; University of Melbourne
         Rocco Pancera; University of Melbourne
         Alessandra Monerris; Monash University
         Christoph Rudiger; Monash University
         Y Gao; Monash University
         Jeff Walker; Monash University
 
3: SPATIO-TEMPORAL DOWNSCALING OF SOIL MOISTURE FROM PASSIVE MICROWAVE USING ACTIVE MICROWAVE
         Sat Kumar Tomer; Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la BIOsphère
         Ahmad Al Bitar; Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la BIOsphère
         Sekhar Muddu; Indian Institute of Science
         Samuel Corgne; UMR 6554 CNRS LETG Rennes Costel
         Yann Kerr; Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la BIOsphère
 
4: MODELING PASSIVE AND ACTIVE MICROWAVE SIGNATURES OF GRASS IN THE MAQU AREA OF THE TIBETAN PLATEAU
         Laura Dente; University of Twente
         Leila Guerriero; University of Rome Tor Vergata
         Paolo Ferrazzoli; University of Rome Tor Vergata
         Zhongbo Su; University of Twente
         Rogier van der Velde; University of Twente
 
5: DEVELOPMENT OF THE SMAP RADIOMETER SOIL MOISTURE ALGORITHM USING SMOS OBSERVATIONS
         Rajat Bindlish; USDA ARS HRSL
         Thomas Jackson; USDA ARS HRSL
         Steven Chan; NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
         Tianjie Zhao; USDA ARS HRSL
         Michael Cosh; USDA ARS HRSL
         Peggy O'Neill; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
         Eni Njoku; NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
         Andreas Colliander; NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
         Yann Kerr; Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la BIOsphère