Estimation of root zone soil moisture using apparent thermal inertia with MODIS imagery over a tropical catchment in Northern Thailand

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 752-761

  Chang, Tzu Yin ^a   Wang, Yi Chen ^b   Feng, Chen Chieh ^b   Ziegler, Alan D ^b   Giambelluca, Thomas W ^c   Liou, Yuei An ^d  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER FOR DISASTER REDUCTION   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

MODIS; soil moisture content; thermal inertia; tropical forest

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AGRICULTURAL LAND; EFFICIENCY COEFFICIENT; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; IRRIGATION WATER USE; LAND USE/COVER; LAND-COVER TYPES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODIS; MODIS IMAGERY; NORTHERN THAILAND; PEARSON CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; ROOT ZONE; THERMAL INERTIA; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER AND ENERGIES;

CATCHMENTS; CORRELATION METHODS; ESTIMATION; IRRIGATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RADIOMETERS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; TROPICS; WATER SUPPLY;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ECOHYDROLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; LAND COVER; LAND USE; MODIS; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MOISTURE; TROPICAL FOREST;

THAILAND;

EID: 84863526585     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2012.2190588     Document Type: Article

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