Validation of a dual-pass microwave land data assimilation system for estimating surface soil moisture in semiarid regions

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 780-793

  Yang, Kun ^a   Koike, Toshio ^b   Kaihotsu, Ichirow ^c   Qin, Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE DATA; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

EID: 68049114343     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JHM1065.1     Document Type: Article

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