Error characterisation of global active and passive microwave soil moisture datasets

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2605-2616

  Dorigo, W A ^a   Scipal, K ^b   Parinussa, R M ^c   Liu, Y Y ^c,d,e   Wagner, W ^a   De Jeu, R A M ^c   Naeimi, V ^a,f  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISATION; COLLOCATION METHOD; DATA SETS; DATA SOURCE; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; ERROR ESTIMATES; ERROR ESTIMATIONS; ERROR STRUCTURES; FLOOD FORECAST; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; KU-BAND; LAND COVER; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; PASSIVE SATELLITES; REANALYSIS; REMOTELY SENSED SOIL MOISTURE; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SCATTEROMETERS; SPACE AND TIME; SPATIAL TRENDS; STATISTICAL TOOLS; VEGETATION DENSITY;

CLIMATOLOGY; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; FLOOD CONTROL; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE SENSORS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPACE SHUTTLES; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SOIL SURVEYS;

DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; LAND COVER; RADIOMETER; SCATTEROMETER; SOIL MOISTURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 78650348761     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-2605-2010     Document Type: Article

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