Retrieving the root-zone soil moisture from surface soil moisture or temperature estimates: A feasibility study based on field measurements

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 371-386

  Calvet, J C ^a   Noilhan, J ^a   Bessemoulin, P ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; FIELD CAPACITY; MICROMETEOROLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

FRANCE;

EID: 0031597530     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<0371:RTRZSM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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