On the potential of MetOp ASCAT-derived soil wetness indices as a new aperture for hydrological monitoring and prediction: A field evaluation over Luxembourg

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2346-2359

  Matgen, P ^a,d   Heitz, S ^a   Hasenauer, S ^b   Hissler, C ^a   Brocca, L ^c   Hoffmann, L ^a   Wagner, W ^b   Savenije, H H G ^d  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ASCAT; Hydrological processes; Microwave remote sensing; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; ASCAT; CATCHMENT SCALE; CHARACTERISTIC TIME; CRITICAL THRESHOLD; DATA SETS; EFFECTIVE FIELD; ENVISAT; FIELD EVALUATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LUXEMBOURG; MAIN CONTROLLING FACTORS; METOP-A; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; PARAMETER T; RIVER SYSTEMS; SCATTEROMETERS; SOIL MOISTURE MONITORING; SOIL STORAGE; SOIL WETNESS; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SUBSURFACE STORMFLOW; SURFACE SOIL; SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE;

CATCHMENTS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ENVISAT-1; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MONITORING SYSTEM; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER SYSTEM; SATELLITE DATA; SCATTEROMETER; SOIL MOISTURE; THRESHOLD;

BELGIUM; LUXEMBOURG [BELGIUM];

EID: 84863872108     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8316     Document Type: Article

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