Soil moisture initialization for climate prediction: Assimilation of scanning multifrequency microwave radiometer soil moisture data into a land surface model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 20, 2006, Pages

  Ni Meister, Wenge ^a   Houser, Paul R ^b   Walker, Jeffrey P ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Center for Research on Environment and Water ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MOISTURE; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; GLOBAL CLIMATE; KALMAN FILTER; LAND SURFACE; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 33845624157     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007190     Document Type: Article

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