Evaluation of ERS scatterometer soil moisture products over a half-degree region in southwestern France

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Pellarin, Thierry ^a   Calvet, Jean Christophe ^b   Wagner, Wolfgang ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOPHYSICS; MOISTURE;

ERS SCATTEROMETER SOIL MOISTURE PRODUCTS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

ERS-1; SCATTEROMETER; SIMULATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845662663     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027231     Document Type: Article

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