Spatio-temporal variability of global soil moisture products

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 522, Issue , 2015, Pages 187-202

  Rotzer K ^a   Montzka, C ^a   Vereecken, H ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

ASCAT; ERA Interim; Scaling; SMOS; Spatio temporal analysis; Temporal stability

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MOISTURE; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; TRACKING RADAR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASCAT; ERA INTERIMS; SCALING; SMOS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL STABILITY;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ASCAT; BACKSCATTER; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; DOWNSCALING; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; METOP; POWER LAW; REMOTE SENSING; SMOS; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84920742537     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.12.038     Document Type: Article

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