Satellite detection of spatial distribution and temporal changes of surface soil moisture at Three Gorges Dam region from 2003 to 2011

Earth Interactions

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1-13

  Du, Jinyang ^a   Liu, Qiang ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AMSR E; Drought; Soil moisture; Three Gorges Dam

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FLOODS; LAKES; MICROWAVE DEVICES; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; LAND SURFACE PARAMETERS; MIDDLE AND LOWER REACHES OF THE YANGTZE RIVERS; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; SATELLITE DETECTION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE; THREE GORGES DAM;

SOIL SURVEYS;

AMSR-E; DROUGHT; FLOOD; LAND SURFACE; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA; DONGTING LAKE; HUBEI; HUNAN; JIANGXI; POYANG LAKE; THREE GORGES DAM; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84881620439     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2012EI000479.1     Document Type: Article

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