Estimation of soil moisture using trapezoidal relationship between remotely sensed land surface temperature and vegetation index

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1699-1712

  Wang, W ^a   Huang, D ^a   Wang, X G ^a   Liu, Y R ^a   Zhou, F ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA , USA; ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX; EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS; ITERATIVE ALGORITHM; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEMI-ARID REGION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION INDEX; WALNUT GULCH; WATER DEFICIT INDEX;

ALGORITHMS; ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERICS; ESTIMATION; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

VEGETATION;

ALGORITHM; ESTIMATION METHOD; INDEX METHOD; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REMOTE SENSING; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION INDEX;

JUGLANS;

EID: 79957945000     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-1699-2011     Document Type: Article

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