Children, 2021 Supramalleolar osteotomy (SMO) in pediatric patients can be fixed in various ways. We analyzed the records of 77 pediatric patients (124 SMOs) aged ≤16 years. In 56 patients (96 SMOs), K-wires were used to stabilize SMOs (WF group), while 21 patients (28
Thomas Schlemmer +4 more
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The NAFE'05/CoSMOS Data Set: Toward SMOS Soil Moisture Retrieval, Downscaling, and Assimilation [PDF]
, 2008 The National Airborne Field Experiment 2005 (NAFE'05) and the Campaign for validating the Operation of Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (COSMOS) were undertaken in November 2005 in the Goulburn River catchment, which is located in southeastern Australia.
Berger, Michael +11 more
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Estimating Gravimetric Water Content of a Winter Wheat Field from L-Band Vegetation Optical Depth
Remote Sensing, 2019 A considerable amount of water is stored in vegetation, especially in regions with high precipitation rates. Knowledge of the vegetation water status is essential to monitor changes in ecosystem health and to assess the vegetation influence on the water ...
Thomas Meyer +6 more
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Performance of SMAP and SMOS Salinity Products under Tropical Cyclones in the Bay of Bengal
Remote Sensing, 2022 To compare the accuracy of satellite salinity data of level-3 Soil Moisture Active Passive V4.0 (SSMAP) and debiased v5 CATDS level-3 Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SSMOS) before and after tropical cyclones (TCs) in the Bay of Bengal (BoB), this study
Huabing Xu, Yucai Shan, Guangjun Xu
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Analysis of SMOS brightness temperature and vegetation optical depth data with coupled land surface and radiative transfer models in Southern Germany [PDF]
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2012 Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) L1c brightness temperature and L2 optical depth data are analysed with a coupled land surface (PROMET) and radiative transfer model (L-MEB).
F. Schlenz +3 more
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On-Ground Characterization of the SMOS Payload [PDF]
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2009 The on-ground characterization of the synthetic aperture radiometer onboard the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission is described. Characterization includes basic functionality, internal calibration, thermal cycling, response to point and flat sources, self-radio-frequency interference, and others.
Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi +6 more
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Characterization of Rape Field Microwave Emission and Implications to Surface Soil Moisture Retrievals [PDF]
, 2012 In the course of Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission calibration and validation activities, a ground based L-band radiometer ELBARA II was situated at the test site Puch in Southern Germany in the Upper Danube Catchment.
Mauser, Wolfram +14 more
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Remote Sensing, 2020 Remote sensing observations that vary in response to plant growth and senescence can be used to monitor crop development within and across growing seasons.
Colin Lewis-Beck +4 more
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Correcting the FRA Systematic Error in VTEC Maps From SMOS Radiometric Data [PDF]
, 2022 The Faraday rotation (FR) is a nonnegligible effect at the L-band, which is the operation frequency of the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission.
Corbella, Ignasi +11 more
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Evaluation of Satellite-Derived Surface Soil Moisture Products over Agricultural Regions of Canada
Remote Sensing, 2020 Soil moisture is a critical indicator for climate change and agricultural drought, but its measurement is challenging due to large variability with land cover, soil type, time, space and depth.
Yaasiin Oozeer +2 more
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