Evaluation of ECMWF's soil moisture analyses using observations on the Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5304-5318

  Su, Z ^a   De Rosnay, P ^b   Wen, J ^c   Wang, L ^a   Zeng, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

AMSR E; ASCAT; ECMWF; In situ Observation; Soil Analyses; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; EXTENDED KALMAN FILTERS; INTERPOLATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AMSR-E; ASCAT; ECMWF; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; SOIL ANALYSIS; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

SOIL MOISTURE;

AMSR-E; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INTERPOLATION; KALMAN FILTER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SCATTEROMETER; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CHINA; NAGCHU; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 84880303488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50468     Document Type: Article

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