Soil moisture mapping over West Africa with a 30-min temporal resolution using AMSR-E observations and a satellite-based rainfall product

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1887-1896

  Pellarin, T ^a   Tran, T ^a   Cohard, J M ^a   Galle, S ^a   Laurent, J P ^a   De Rosnay, P ^b   Vischel, T ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; DATA ACQUISITION; INDEX METHOD; MAPPING METHOD; METEOSAT; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RESOLUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 76749089750     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-13-1887-2009     Document Type: Article

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