Land data assimilation and estimation of soil moisture using measurements from the Southern Great Plains 1997 field experiment

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 35-1-35-18

  Margulis, Steven A ^a,b   McLaughlin, Dennis ^a   Entekhabi, Dara ^a   Dunne, Susan ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; L band measurements; Remote sensing; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; KALMAN FILTERING; METEOROLOGY; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; REMOTE SENSING;

SOIL TEXTURE;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA ASSIMILATION; KALMAN FILTER; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE;

SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037001561     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr001114     Document Type: Article

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