Soil surface moisture estimation over a semi-arid region using ENVISAT ASAR radar data for soil evaporation evaluation

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 345-358

  Zribi, M ^a   Chahbi, A ^a,b   Shabou, M ^a,b   Lili Chabaane, Z ^b   Duchemin, B ^a   Baghdadi, N ^c   Amri, R ^a,b   Chehbouni, A ^a  

^a CNES   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

^c UMR TETIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK-SCATTERED RADAR; CLOUD MODELS; ENVISAT ASAR; HIGH VARIABILITY; INCIDENCE ANGLES; LARGE DATABASE; MAPPING PROCESS; MOISTURE MAPPING; MOISTURE VARIABILITY; NORTH AFRICA; POTENTIAL EVAPORATION; RADAR DATA; RADAR SATELLITES; RADAR SIGNALS; RAINFALL EVENT; SEMI-ARID REGION; SEMI-EMPIRICAL APPROACH; SEMIEMPIRICAL MODELS; SIMPLE LINEAR RELATIONSHIP; SOIL MOISTURE ESTIMATION; SOIL SURFACES; SURFACE MOISTURES; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION CYCLES; WHEAT FIELDS;

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTIMATION; EVAPORATION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MAPPING; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MONITORING; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

MOISTURE CONTROL;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVISAT-1; EVAPORATION; EVERGREEN TREE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; SATELLITE DATA; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURFACE; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE; WHEAT;

NORTH AFRICA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79551478562     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-345-2011     Document Type: Article

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