Optimization of ecosystem model parameters using spatio-temporal soil moisture information

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 2121-2136

  Zhu, Lin ^a,b,d   Chen, Jing M ^b   Qin, Qiming ^a   Li, Jianping ^c   Wang, Lianxi ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Ningxia Key Laboratory for Meteorological Disaster Prevention and Reduction   (China)

^d NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Ensemble Kalman Filter; Parameter optimizing; Remote sensing; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

BOREAL ECOSYSTEMS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; FIELD MEASUREMENT; IN-PROCESS; KEY PARAMETERS; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODEL PREDICTION; NORTHWEST CHINA; OPTIMIZED PARAMETER; PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER OPTIMIZING; REMOTE SENSING MODELS; SEMIARID AREA; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL MODELS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; TWO STAGE; UPDATED MODEL; VARIANT MODELS; WATER FLUX;

ARID REGIONS; CONTROL THEORY; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; KALMAN FILTERS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; KALMAN FILTER; OPTIMIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 68349131507     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.04.042     Document Type: Article

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