On the utility of land surface models for agricultural drought monitoring

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3451-3460

  Crow, W T ^a   Kumar, S V ^b,c   Bolten, J D ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES; AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT; ANNUAL CYCLE; CROSS CORRELATIONS; GROWING SEASON; LAND SURFACE MODELS; MODELING STRATEGY; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; SOIL MOISTURE MODEL; VEGETATION CONDITION; VEGETATION INDEX; WATER AND ENERGIES;

DROUGHT; FORESTRY; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

SOIL MOISTURE;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWING SEASON; LAND SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 84867526354     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-3451-2012     Document Type: Article

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