Evaluation of SMOS retrievals of soil moisture over the central United States with currently available in situ observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Collow, Thomas W ^a   Robock, Alan ^a   Basara, Jeffrey B ^b   Illston, Bradley G ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICES; CLOSE PROXIMITY; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; IN-SITU; IN-SITU DATA; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; OKLAHOMA; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL MOISTURE OCEAN SALINITIES; SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ALGORITHM; DATA SET; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSOR; SOIL MOISTURE;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861168070     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD017095     Document Type: Article

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