Global automated quality control of in situ soil moisture data from the International Soil Moisture Network

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Dorigo, W A ^a   Xaver, A ^a   Vreugdenhil, M ^a   Gruber, A ^a   Hegyiova A ^a   Sanchis Dufau, A D ^a   Zamojski, D ^a   Cordes, C ^a   Wagner, W ^a   Drusch, M ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; CLIMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; CONTROL PROCEDURES; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LAND SURFACE MODELS; SITU SOIL MOISTURES; SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE NETWORKS;

AUTOMATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPACE OPTICS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

SOIL SURVEYS;

AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; DATA SET; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; QUALITY CONTROL; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; TIME SERIES;

EID: 84878132874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2012.0097     Document Type: Article

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