Soil moisture-temperature coupling: A multiscale observational analysis

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Miralles, D G ^a   Van Den Berg, M J ^b   Teuling, A J ^c   De Jeu, R A M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY;

CALIFORNIA; CLIMATIC REGIONS; HEATWAVES; HOT SPOT; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; MULTISCALES; NEAR-REAL TIME; OBSERVATIONAL ANALYSIS; SATELLITE PRODUCTS; SOIL MOISTURE DEFICITS; SPACE AND TIME; TRANSITION ZONES; WESTERN EUROPE; WET AND DRY;

SOIL MOISTURE;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REAL TIME; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TRANSITION ZONE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84868629207     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053703     Document Type: Article

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