Evaluation of SMOS soil moisture retrievals over the central United States for hydro-meteorological application

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 83-84, Issue , 2015, Pages 146-155

  Zhuo, Lu ^a   Dai, Qiang ^b   Han, Dawei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Nanjing Normal University   (China)

Author keywords

Ascending; Descending; Hydro meteorology; NLDAS 2; Passive microwaves; SMOS; Soil moisture deficit; Xinanjiang (XAJ)

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE; OVERPASSES; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS;

ASCENDING; DESCENDING; NLDAS-2; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; SMOS; SOIL MOISTURE DEFICITS; XINANJIANG (XAJ);

SOIL MOISTURE;

DATA SET; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SMOS; SOIL MOISTURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84936984675     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2015.06.002     Document Type: Article

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