Assessment of evapotranspiration and soil moisture content across different scales of observation

Sensors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-117

  Verstraeten, Willem W ^a   Veroustraete, Frank ^b   Feyen, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Plant field landscape regional scales; Remote sensing; Soil moisture content

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CARBON; CATCHMENTS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOOD SUPPLY; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; OPTICAL CORRELATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOTE SENSING; SCINTILLATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS;

CATCHMENT WATER BALANCE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; REGIONAL SCALE; REMOTE SENSING DATA ASSIMILATIONS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE; THERMAL REMOTE SENSING;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 40949146590     PISSN: 14243210     EISSN: 14248220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s8010070     Document Type: Review

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