Relating TRMM precipitation radar land surface backscatter response to soil moisture in the Southern United States

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 402, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 115-125

  Puri, Sumit ^a   Stephen, Haroon ^a   Ahmad, Sajjad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave remote sensing; SCAN; Soil moisture; TRMMPR

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE ERROR; CLIMATE ANALYSIS; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE; LAND-COVER TYPES; LAND-COVERS; LOW DENSITY; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; MODEL PERFORMANCE; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PRECIPITATION RADAR; SCAN; SHRUBLANDS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; TRMMPR; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION PRECIPITATION RADARS; VEGETATION DENSITY; WEATHER PATTERNS;

AGRICULTURE; BACKSCATTERING; ESTIMATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPACE SHUTTLES; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; VEGETATION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

AGRONOMY; BACKSCATTER; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGY; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEOROLOGY; NDVI; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SHRUBLAND; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955037021     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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