An alternate and robust approach to calibration for the estimation of land surface model parameters based on remotely sensed observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Salvucci, Guido D ^a   Entekhabi, Dara ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TABLE LOOKUP; WATER SUPPLY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CALIFORNIA; COMPENSATING ERRORS; DYNAMIC RANGE; HEAT DIFFUSIONS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LAYERED SOILS; LEAF AREA INDEX; LOOK UP TABLE; MOISTURE FLUXES; MOISTURE STATE; NON-STATIONARITIES; PARAMETERIZATIONS; RADIATION PROCESS; REMOTELY-SENSED OBSERVATIONS; ROBUST APPROACHES; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL TEXTURES; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; SUM OF SQUARES; SURFACE TURBULENCE; VEGETATION CANOPY; YIELD PARAMETERS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CALIBRATION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HEAT FLUX; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODEL VALIDATION; MOISTURE FLUX; PARAMETERIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL MOISTURE; TURBULENCE; VAPOR PRESSURE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052002663     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048366     Document Type: Article

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