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Using the Space-Borne NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) to Determine The Frozen and Thawed Seasons of a Boreal Landscape
- Source :
- JGR-Atmospheres.
- Publication Year :
- 1998
- Publisher :
- United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 1998.
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Abstract
- 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.
- Subjects :
- Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- NASA Technical Reports
- Journal :
- JGR-Atmospheres
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsnas.20060041589
- Document Type :
- Report