Quantifying mesoscale soil moisture with the cosmic-ray rover

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 5097-5108

  Chrisman, B ^a   Zreda, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENT; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; MICROWAVE SENSORS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE METERS; SATELLITES; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; SURVEYS;

AVERAGE CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; HYDROLOGIC APPLICATIONS; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; SATELLITE SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITY (SMOS); SOIL MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE PROFILES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

COSMIC RAY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOOD; INSTRUMENTATION; MAPPING METHOD; PIXEL; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SMOS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARIZONA; TUCSON BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901304179     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-5097-2013     Document Type: Article

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