Soil Moisture Sensitivity to NRL-Blend High-Resolution Precipitation Products: Analysis of Simulations With Two Land Surface Models

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-48

  Turk, F Joseph ^a   Mostovoy, Georgy V ^b   Anantharaj, Valentine G ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global Precipitation Mission (GPM); Hydrology; microwave radiometry; modeling; precipitation; remote sensing; satellites

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MISSION (GPM); GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MISSIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LOCAL TIME; LOW EARTH ORBITING; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; MICROWAVE SOUNDER; MONTHLY MEAN ANOMALIES; NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY; NORTH AMERICAN LAND DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS; RED RIVER BASIN; REMOTE SENSING SATELLITES; SATELLITE PLATFORMS; SOIL WATER CONTENT; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; MICROWAVE ACOUSTIC DEVICES; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SATELLITES; SOIL MOISTURE; SOUNDING APPARATUS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

MICROWAVE SENSORS;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; HYDROLOGY; LAND SURFACE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE MISSION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONTENT;

ARKANSAS BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649091053     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2009.2034024     Document Type: Article

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