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SMAP, Soil Moisture Active-Passive
Pages 23-23

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... Soil moisture is one of the leading factors in flood and landslide risk, and it also plays an important role in the global carbon cycle through its effects on plant growth. Many field studies have shown that microwave radars provide useful data on soil moisture.
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  • significant advances
  • plant growth
  • radars provide
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  • allowing soil

  • studying floods
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  • seasonal forecasting
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  • hydrologic models
  • carbon cycles
  • microwave radars
  • global models
  • global carbon

  • carbon cycle
  • provide useful
  • active radar
  • leading factors
  • landslide risk

  • analyzed globally
  • field studies
  • smap combines


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