Using remotely sensed soil moisture for land-atmosphere coupling diagnostics: The role of surface vs. root-zone soil moisture variability

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 154, Issue , 2014, Pages 246-252

  Hirschi, M ^a   Mueller, B ^a,c   Dorigo, W ^b   Seneviratne, S I ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active passive microwave remote sensing; Land atmosphere interactions; Standardized precipitation index; Surface root zone soil moisture; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE SENSORS; REMOTE SENSING; STREAM FLOW; TEMPERATURE;

HYDROLOGICAL VARIABILITY; LAND ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION; LAND-ATMOSPHERE COUPLINGS; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; PASSIVE MICROWAVE SENSORS; REMOTELY SENSED SOIL MOISTURE; ROOT ZONE SOIL MOISTURES; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE LAYER;

EID: 84934437271     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.08.030     Document Type: Article

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