On the use of AMSU-based products for the description of soil water content at basin scale

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2839-2852

  Manfreda, S ^a   Lacava, T ^b   Onorati, B ^a   Pergola, N ^b   Di Leo, M ^a   Margiotta, M R ^a   Tramutoli, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN SCALE; EXPERIMENTAL BASIN; EXPONENTIAL FILTERS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; GENERAL TRENDS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE; MICROWAVE SOUNDING; MOISTURE FIELD; MOISTURE VARIATION; SATELLITE PLATFORMS; SKIN SURFACES; SOIL MOISTURE DYNAMICS; SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; SOIL TEXTURES; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOIL WETNESS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SURFACE WETNESS; TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MICROWAVE SENSORS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; REFLECTOMETERS; SATELLITES; SOIL MOISTURE; SOUNDING APPARATUS; TIME SERIES; WATER CONTENT;

SOIL SURVEYS;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LAND COVER; PRECISION; RADIOMETER; SKIN; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WATER CONTENT;

ITALY;

EID: 80052616819     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-2839-2011     Document Type: Article

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