Using remotely-sensed estimates of soil moisture to infer soil texture and hydraulic properties across a semi-arid watershed

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-97

  Santanello Jr , Joseph A ^a,b   Peters Lidard, Christa D ^b   Garcia, Matthew E ^b   Mocko, David M ^b,c   Tischler, Michael A ^d   Moran, M Susan ^e   Thoma, D P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^e SOUTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Active microwave; Land surface modeling; Model calibration; Parameter estimation; Passive microwave; PBMR; Pedotransfer functions; Soil hydraulic properties; Soil moisture; Soil type; Temporal sampling; Watershed modeling

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MICROWAVE; LAND SURFACE MODELING; PASSIVE MICROWAVE; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTIONS; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; VADOSE ZONE; WATERSHED MODELING;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INFILTRATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL SURVEYS; WATERSHEDS;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; INFILTRATION; LAND SURFACE; MOBILITY; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; RADAR IMAGERY; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL TYPE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VADOSE ZONE; WATER BUDGET;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WALNUT GULCH;

JUGLANS;

EID: 34447504653     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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