Estimating precipitation errors using spaceborne surface soil moisture retrievals

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Crow, Wade T ^a   Bolten, J D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; KALMAN FILTERS; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE;

GLOBAL PRECIPITATION; KALMAN FILTER TUNING;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; KALMAN FILTER; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE; REMOTE SENSING; SIR; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 34250729691     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029450     Document Type: Article

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