The benefits of using remotely sensed soil moisture in parameter identification of large-scale hydrological modelss

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 6874-6891

  Wanders, N ^a   Bierkens, M F P ^a,b   de Jong, S M ^a   de Roo, A ^a,c   Karssenberg, D ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REMOTE SENSING;

DISCHARGE OBSERVATIONS; DISCHARGE SIMULATIONS; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM; LAND-SURFACE PROCESS; LARGE SCALE HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; REMOTELY SENSED SOIL MOISTURE;

SOIL MOISTURE;

CALIBRATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MOISTURE CONTENT; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER DISCHARGE; SATELLITE DATA; SIMULATION; SOIL MOISTURE; VADOSE ZONE;

DANUBE BASIN;

EID: 84906294694     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014639     Document Type: Article

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