Calculating crop water requirement satisfaction in the West Africa sahel with remotely sensed soil moisture

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 295-305

  McNally, Amy ^a,b,c   Husak, Gregory J ^c   Brown, Molly ^c   Carroll, Mark ^c   Funk, Chris ^a   Yatheendradas, Soni ^b,c   Arsenault, Kristi ^c,d   Peters Lidard, Christa ^c   Verdin, James P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Hydrologic models; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; DROUGHT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE MISSION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER STRESS; WATER USE;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84922947403     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0049.1     Document Type: Article

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