Effects of the near-surface soil moisture profile on the assimilation of L-band microwave brightness temperature

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 433-442

  Wilker, Henning ^a   Drusch, Matthias ^b   Seuffert, Gisela ^c   Simmer, Clemens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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

^c Bundesministerium für Verkehr Bau und Stadtentwicklung   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 33746097804     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM498.1     Document Type: Article

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