Soil moisture model calibration and validation: An ARS watershed on the South Fork Iowa River

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1087-1101

  Coopersmith, Evan J ^a   Cosh, Michael H ^a   Petersen, Walt A ^b   Prueger, John ^c   Niemeier, James J ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NASA Wallops Space Flight Facility ^*  (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Data assimilation; Hydrologic models; Numerical analysis modeling; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WATERSHED;

IOWA; SOUTH FORK IOWA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941233767     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0145.1     Document Type: Article

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