Multi-scale soil moisture measurements at the Gourma meso-scale site in Mali

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 375, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 241-252

  de Rosnay, P ^a,b   Gruhier, C ^a   Timouk, F ^a   Baup, F ^a   Mougin, E ^a   Hiernaux, P ^a   Kergoat, L ^a   LeDantec, V ^a  

^a CNES   (France)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMMA; Ground measurements; Sahel; Soil moisture; Up scaling

Indexed keywords

AMMA; AS-SOILS; COARSE-TEXTURED SOILS; DATA SETS; DIFFERENT SCALE; FLUX MEASUREMENTS; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; GROUND SOIL; IMPEDANCE PROBE; LAND SURFACE MODELLING; LAND-SURFACE PROCESS; LOCAL MEASUREMENT; MEAN VALUES; MESOSCALE; METEOROLOGICAL FIELDS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; MULTI-SITE; MULTISCALES; SAHEL; SOIL MOISTURE DYNAMICS; SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE NETWORKS; SPACE AND TIME; SPATIAL SAMPLING; SPATIAL SCALE; SPATIAL STABILITY; STANDARD DEVIATION; SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPORAL FEATURES; UP-SCALING; VOLUMETRIC SOIL MOISTURES;

GROUNDWATER; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MEASUREMENTS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MOISTURE METERS; PERMITTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPACE OPTICS; SPACE PROBES; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

SOIL SURVEYS;

DATA SET; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LAND SURFACE; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UPSCALING; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; GOURMA-RHAROUS; MALI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TOMBOUCTOU; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 65849323694     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.01.015     Document Type: Article

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