Critical analysis of thermal inertia approaches for surface soil water content retrieval;Analyse critique des approches fondées sur l'inertie thermique pour la cartographie de la teneur en eau de la surface du sol

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1144-1161

  Maltese, A ^a   Bates, P D ^b   Capodici, F ^a   Cannarozzo, M ^a   Ciraolo, G ^a   La Loggia, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

remote sensing; surface soil water content; thermal inertia

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION ERROR; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS; PHASE DIFFERENCE; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SURFACE SOIL; TEMPORAL DISTANCE; THERMAL INERTIA;

REMOTE SENSING; SOLS;

SOIL MOISTURE;

CALIBRATION; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT; WATERSHED;

EID: 84880046776     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2013.802322     Document Type: Article

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