Remote sensing observatory validation of surface soil moisture using Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer E, Common Land Model, and ground based data: Case study in SMEX03 Little River Region, Georgia, U.S.

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Choi, Minha ^a   Jacobs, Jennifer M ^b   Bosch, David D ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST WATERSHED RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SCANNING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; SPACE OPTICS;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER; CASE STUDIES; GEORGIA; GROUND-BASED DATA; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENTS; LAND MODEL; LAND SURFACE MODELLING; SOIL MOISTURE ESTIMATION; SOIL-VEGETATION-ATMOSPHERE TRANSFER MODEL; SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERROR ANALYSIS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GEORGIA; LITTLE RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53849145344     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005578     Document Type: Article

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