The usage of screen-level parameters and microwave brightness temperature for soil moisture analysis

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 516-531

  Seuffert, Gisela ^a   Wilker, H ^b   Viterbo, P ^a   Drusch, M ^a   Mahfouf, J F ^c  

^a European Centre for Meadium Range Weather Forecasts   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; KALMAN FILTER; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 3242773718     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2004)005<0516:TUOSPA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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