Intercomparison of microwave remote-sensing soil moisture data sets based on distributed eco-hydrological model simulation and in situ measurements over the North China Plain

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 6587-6610

  Qiu, Jianxiu ^a,b,c   Mo, Xingguo ^a,b   Liu, Suxia ^a   Lin, Zhonghui ^a,b   Yang, Lihu ^a   Song, Xianfang ^a   Zhang, Guangying ^d   Naeimi, Vahid ^e   Wagner, Wolfgang ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d Baoding Water and Soil Conservation Station   (China)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^f VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; ERRORS; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVES; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER FOR THE EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM; ECO-HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS; INTERANNUAL FLUCTUATIONS; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; OPTIMAL SPECIFICATIONS; VEGETATION OPTICAL DEPTH;

SOIL SURVEYS;

AMSR-E; ASCAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOHYDROLOGY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 84880144219     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.788799     Document Type: Article

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