SMOS soil moisture retrievals using the land parameter retrieval model: Evaluation over the mUrrumbidgee Catchment, southeast Australia

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 163, Issue , 2015, Pages 70-79

  van der Schalie, R ^a,f   Parinussa, R M ^a,e   Renzullo, L J ^b   van Dijk, A I J M ^b,c   Su, C H ^d   de Jeu, R A M ^a,f  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f Transmissivity B V   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Land parameter retrieval model (LPRM); Passive microwave radiometry; Remote sensing; Soil moisture; Soil moisture and ocean salinity (SMOS)

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTROL; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; PARAMETER RETRIEVAL; PASSIVE MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; REMOTELY SENSED SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITY (SMOS); SOIL MOISTURE FLUCTUATIONS; SOIL MOISTURE MONITORING;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 84937758688     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.03.006     Document Type: Article

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