Spatial variability and its scale dependency of observed and modeled soil moisture over different climate regions

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1177-1188

  Li, B ^a,b   Rodell, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LAND-SURFACE PROCESS; MOISTURE VARIABILITY; SCALE DEPENDENCY; SITU SOIL MOISTURES; SPATIAL STATISTICS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

CATCHMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ESTIMATION; HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS;

SOIL MOISTURE;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATIC REGION; LAND SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879067056     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-1177-2013     Document Type: Article

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