Using TRMM/TMI to retrieve surface soil moisture over the southern United States from 1998 to 2002

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-38

  Gao, Huilin ^a,b   Wood, E F ^a   Jackson, T J ^c   Drusch, M ^d   Bindlish, R ^c  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 33645548957     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM473.1     Document Type: Article

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