A joint analysis of modeled soil moisture fields and satellite observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6771-6782

  Jiménez, Carlos ^a   Clark, Douglas B ^b   Kolassa, Jana ^c   Aires, Filipe ^c   Prigent, Catherine ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Estellus SAS ^*  (France)

Author keywords

land surface models; satellite observations; soil moisture

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; SATELLITES;

GLOBAL CORRELATION; LAND SURFACE MODELS; MULTIWAVELENGTH OBSERVATIONS; PREDICTION UNCERTAINTY; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE DEVIATION; SATELLITE INFORMATION; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SOIL MOISTURE PREDICTIONS;

SOIL MOISTURE;

BIOME; LAND SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PREDICTION; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL MOISTURE; WAVELENGTH;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84880900464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50430     Document Type: Article

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