Acronyms

AMSR-E

Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS

ASCAT

Advanced Scatterometer

CIMR

Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer

DCA

Dual Channel Algorithm

EASE

Equal-Area Scalable Earth

ESA

European Space Agency

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization

IGBP

International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme

LST

Land Surface Temperature

MODIS

Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

MT-DCA

Multi-Temporal Dual Channel Algorithm

MMVI

Multifrequency Microwave Vegetation Indices

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NDVI

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

RTM

Radiative Transfer Model

RFI

Radio Frequency Interference

SM

Soil Moisture

SMAP

Soil Moisture Active Passive

SMOS

Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity

SRTM

Shuttle Radar Topography Mission

SWF

Surface Water Fraction

TB

Brightness Temperature

UTC

Coordinated Universal Time

VOD

Vegetation Optical Depth

VWC

Vegetation Water Content