The effect of atmospheric water vapor on neutron count in the cosmic-ray soil moisture observing system

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1659-1671

  Rosolem, R ^a,b   Shuttleworth, W J ^a   Zreda, M ^a   Franz, T E ^a   Zeng, X ^a   Kurc, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAY; HYDROGEN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84885945190     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-12-0120.1     Document Type: Article

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