Evaluation of assumptions in soil moisture triple collocation analysis

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1293-1302

  Tugrul Yilmaz, M ^a   Crow, Wade T ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; LAND SURFACE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING BIAS; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 84901926547     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-13-0158.1     Document Type: Article

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