Evaluation of NRCS curve number and MODIS time-series proxies for antecedent moisture condition

Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-101

  Weissling, B P ^a,b   Xie, H ^a   Murray, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b SWCA Environmental Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Antecedent moisture condition; MODIS; NEXRAD; NRCS curve number; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERICS; CONSERVATION; CURVE FITTING; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SENSOR NETWORKS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; SPECTROMETERS; STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

ANTECEDENT MOISTURE CONDITION; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATIONS; DATA CONSTRAINTS; EMPIRICAL METHODS; ESTIMATION MODELS; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURES; LEAST SQUARES REGRESSIONS; MODERATE-RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODIS; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICES; NEXRAD; NEXT GENERATION WEATHER RADARS; NRCS CURVE NUMBER; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; REMOTE SENSING MODELS; RIVER BASINS; RUNOFF ESTIMATIONS; RURAL WATERSHEDS; TERRA SATELLITES; VEGETATION INDEXES;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MODELING; MODIS; RADAR; RADIOMETER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAMFLOW; TIME SERIES; WATERSHED;

GUADALUPE RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60349090902     PISSN: 10286608     EISSN: 10290249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10286600802005356     Document Type: Article

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