The influence of the land surface on hydrometeorology and ecology: New advances from modeling and satellite remote sensing

Hydrology Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 95-112

  Hong, Seungbum ^a   Lakshmi, Venkat ^a   Small, Eric E ^b   Chen, Fei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Land atmosphere interactions; Satellite remote sensing; Soil moisture; Vegetation; WRF model

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; COMPLEX NATURE; COUPLED MODELS; COUPLED SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENERAL INFORMATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LAND DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; LAND SURFACE; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LAND-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; LAND-SURFACE PROCESS; LEAF AREA INDEX; MESOSCALE; MODEL INITIALIZATION; MODEL SENSITIVITY; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PARAMETERIZATION METHOD; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE SENSORS; SIMULATION METHODS; SURFACE MODELS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; VEGETATION FRACTIONS; VEGETATION PROPERTIES; VEGETATION WATER CONTENT; WEATHER MODELING; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WRF MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; ECOLOGY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDROLOGY; METEOROLOGY; MICROWAVE SENSORS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; SOIL TESTING; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WATER CONTENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

VEGETATION;

AMSR-E; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LAND SURFACE; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODIS; NDVI; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSOR; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER CONTENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 79955762125     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2011.071     Document Type: Article

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