A method for the determination of the hydraulic properties of soil from MODIS surface temperature for use in land-surface models

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Gutmann, Ethan D ^a   Small, Eric E ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; CANOPY RESISTANCE; FIELD MEASUREMENT; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; IN-SITU; LAND DATA ASSIMILATION; LAND SURFACE MODELS; MODEL VERIFICATION; SATURATED CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TIME PERIODS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; DATA PROCESSING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HEAT FLUX; HYDRAULICS; LATENT HEAT; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DATA ASSIMILATION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77954406777     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008203     Document Type: Article

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