A new method for rainfall estimation through soil moisture observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 853-858

  Brocca, L ^a   Moramarco, T ^a   Melone, F ^a   Wagner, W ^b  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

in situ measurements; rainfall; remote sensing; soil moisture

Indexed keywords

BALANCE EQUATIONS; CATCHMENT SCALE; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LAND SURFACE MODELS; RAINFALL ESTIMATIONS; TIME EVOLUTIONS;

CATCHMENTS; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

RAIN;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ESTIMATION METHOD; LAND SURFACE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; TIME SERIES; WATER BUDGET;

FRANCE; ITALY; SPAIN;

EID: 84876814604     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50173     Document Type: Article

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