THE IMPACT OF LOCAL ACQUISITION TIME ON THE ACCURACY OF MICROWAVE SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS OVER THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES

The Impact of Local Acquisition Time on the Accuracy of Microwave Surface Soil Moisture Retrievals over the Contiguous United States

Satellite-derived soil moisture products have become an important data source for the study of land surface processes and related applications.For satellites with sun-synchronous Girls Jumpsuit orbits, these products are typically derived separately for ascending and descending overpasses with different local acquisition times.Moreover, diurnal var

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An On-Demand Scheduling-Based MAC Protocol for UW-WiFi Networks

Underwater Internet-of-Things (UIoT) is an extension of Internet-of-Things technology in underwater.The underwater acoustic network with WiFi architecture (UW-WiFi), as a specific deployment of UIoT, has been proved to be a promising technique for wide-ranging marine applications.However, due to the unique features of underwater acoustic channel, s

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Parametric Study of Polymer-Nanoparticles-Assisted Injectivity Performance for Axisymmetric Two-Phase Flow in EOR Processes

Among a wide range of enhanced oil-recovery techniques, polymer flooding has been selected by petroleum industries due to the simplicity and lower cost of operational performances.The reason for this selection is due to the mobility-reduction of the water phase, facilitating the forward-movement of oil.The objective of this comprehensive study is t

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