Simulation of snow and soil water content as a basis for satellite retrievals

Hydrology Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 720-735

  Sandells, M J ^a   Flerchinger, G N ^b   Gurney, R J ^a   Marks, D ^b  

^a National Centre for Earth Observation   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Physically based model; Remote sensing; Snow; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; LOWER BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MOISTURE PROFILES; NEAR-SURFACE; PASSIVE MICROWAVE DATA; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELS; REYNOLDS CREEK EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHED; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; SNOW MASS; SOIL HEAT FLUX; SOIL MODEL; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SURFACE LAYERS; SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVAL;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DATA PROCESSING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HEAT FLUX; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE;

SNOW;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; HEAT FLUX; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84867343480     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2012.028     Document Type: Article

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