Real-time hydrology operations at USDA for monitoring global soil moisture and auditing national crop yield estimates

Satellite Rainfall Applications for Surface Hydrology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 267-293

  Reynolds, Curt A ^a  

^a Washington DC   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop yield estimates; Evapotranspiration; Passive microwave; Precipitation; Satellite radar altimetry; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891475734     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2915-7_16     Document Type: Chapter

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