Comparison of soil moisture fields estimated by catchment modelling and remote sensing: A case study in South Africa

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 751-767

  Vischel, T ^a,c   Pegram, G G S ^a   Sinclair, S ^a   Wagner, W ^b   Bartsch, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SCATTEROMETER; SOIL MOISTURE;

AFRICA; FREE STATE; LIEBENBERGSVLEI RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 44349143266     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-12-751-2008     Document Type: Article

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