Statistical and scaling properties of remotely-sensed soil moisture in two contrasting domains in the North American monsoon region

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 572-578

  Mascaro, Giuseppe ^a   Vivoni, Enrique R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Remote sensing; Scale invariance; Semiarid areas; Soil moisture controls; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RESOLUTION; REMOTE SENSING; SCALE EFFECT; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ARIZONA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SONORA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76849104982     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.09.023     Document Type: Article

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