Observation uncertainty of satellite soil moisture products determined with physically-based modeling

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 127, Issue , 2012, Pages 341-356

  Wanders, Niko ^a   Karssenberg, Derek ^a   Bierkens, Marc ^a,b   Parinussa, Robert ^c   de Jeu, Richard ^c   van Dam, Jos ^d   de Jong, Steven ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AMSR E; ASCAT; Microwave remote sensing; Satellite uncertainty; SMOS; Soil moisture; SWAP model

Indexed keywords

AMSR-E; ASCAT; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; SMOS; SWAP-MODEL;

GROUNDWATER; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SOIL MOISTURE; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AMSR-E; ASCAT; DROUGHT; FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SMOS; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VADOSE ZONE;

SPAIN;

EID: 84867593348     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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