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Author:   Prashant K. Srivastava (Assistant Professor Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development Banaras Hindu University, India) ,  George P. Petropoulos (Assistant Professor of Geoinformatics, Department of Geography, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece) ,  Y.H. Kerr (CESBIO, Toulouse, France)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.810kg
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9780128033883

ISBN 10:   0128033886
Pages:   440
Publication Date:   27 May 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Section I Introduction 1. Soil Moisture from Space: Techniques and Limitations Y.H. Kerr, J.-P. Wigneron, A. Al Bitar, A. Mialon and P.K. Srivastava 2. Available Data Sets and Satellites for Terrestrial Soil Moisture Estimation P.K. Srivastava, V. Pandey, S. Suman, M. Gupta and T. Islam Section II Optical and Infrared Techniques & Synergies Between them 3. Soil Moisture Retrievals Using Optical/TIR Methods P. Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran and A. Berg 4. Optical/Thermal-Based Techniques for Subsurface Soil Moisture Estimation M. Holzman and R. Rivas 5. Spatiotemporal Estimates of Surface Soil Moisture from Space Using the Ts/VI Feature Space G.P. Petropoulos, G. Ireland, H. Griffiths, T. Islam, D. Kalivas, V. Anagnostopoulos, C. Hodges and P.K. Srivastava 6. Spatial Downscaling of Passive Microwave Data With Visible-to-Infrared Information for High-Resolution Soil Moisture Mapping M. Piles and N. Sánchez 7. Soil Moisture Retrieved From a Combined Optical and Passive Microwave Approach: Theory and Applications C. Mattar, A. Santamaría-Artigas1, J. A. Sobrino, J.C. Jiménez – Muñoz Section III Microwave Soil Moisture Retrieval Techniques 8. Nonparametric Model for the Retrieval of Soil Moisture by Microwave Remote Sensing D.K. Gupta, R. Prasad, P.K. Srivastava and T. Islam 9. Temperature-Dependent Spectroscopic Dielectric Model at 0.05–16 GHz for a Thawed and Frozen Alaskan Organic Soil V. Mironov and I. Savin 10. Active and Passive Microwave Remote Sensing Synergy for Soil Moisture Estimation R. Akbar, N. Das, D. Entekhabi and M. Moghaddam 11. Intercomparison of Soil Moisture Retrievals From In Situ, ASAR, and ECV SM Data Sets Over Different European Sites B. Barrett, C. Pratola, A. Gruber and E. Dwyer Section IV Advanced Applications of Soil Moisture 12. Use of Satellite Soil Moisture Products for the Operational Mitigation of Landslides Risk in Central Italy 13. Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture as a Key Variable in Wildfires Prevention Services: Towards New Prediction Tools Using SMOS and SMAP Data D. Chaparro, M. Piles and M. Vall-llossera 14. Integrative Use of Near-Surface Satellite Soil Moisture and Precipitation for Estimation of Improved Irrigation Scheduling Parameters M. Gupta, P.K. Srivastava and T. Islam 15. A Comparative Study on SMOS and NLDAS-2 Soil Moistures Over a Hydrological Basin—With Continental Climate 16. Continental Scale Monitoring of Subdaily and Daily Evapotranspiration Enhanced by the Assimilation of Surface Soil Moisture Derived from Thermal Infrared Geostationary Data 17. Soil Moisture Deficit Estimation Through SMOS Soil Moisture and MODIS Land Surface Temperature P.K. Srivastava, T. Islam, S.K. Singh, M. Gupta, George P. Petropoulos, D.K. Gupta, W.Z. Wan Jaafar and R. Prasad Section V Future Challenges in Soil Moisture Retrieval and Applications 18. Soil Moisture Retrievals Based on Active and Passive Microwave Data: State-of-the-Art and Operational Applications J. Munõz-Sabater, A. Al Bitar and L. Brocca 19. Emerging and Potential Future Applications of Satellite-Based Soil Moisture Products E. Tebbs, F. Gerard, A. Petrie and E. De Witte

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Prashant K. Srivastava obtained his PhD from the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Bristol in Bristol, UK, and currently serves on the faculty at the Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development at Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, India. He formerly worked in the Hydrological Sciences Department at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and is currently an investigator for several national and international projects. He has published 100+ papers, many books, and several book chapters. He is also acting as an editorial board member of several reputed journals. Dr. George P. Petropoulos is Assistant Professor in Geoinformatics at the Department of Geography, Harokopio University of Athens Greece. His research focuses on the exploitation of geoinformation technology & geospatial data analysis techniques in geographical and environmental applications. He is author/co-author of over 110 articles, 40 book chapters, and has edited 6 books. He has developed collaborations with key scientists in his area of specialisation globally and his research & teaching work has received international recognition via several significant awards and research funding.

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