Relating satellite gravimetry data to global soil moisture products via data harmonization and correlation analysis

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 136, Issue , 2013, Pages 89-98

  Abelen, Sarah ^a   Seitz, Florian ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

ASCAT; Correlation analysis; Data harmonization; GRACE; Soil moisture; WGHM

Indexed keywords

ASCAT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA HARMONIZATION; GRACE; WGHM;

CORRELATION METHODS; DIGITAL STORAGE; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GRAVIMETERS; HYDROLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ASCAT; CORRELATION; DATA PROCESSING; DATA QUALITY; DATA SET; GRACE; GRAVIMETRY; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84878350734     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.04.012     Document Type: Article

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