Integration of satellite soil moisture and rainfall observations over the italian territory

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1341-1355

  Ciabatta, Luca ^a   Brocca, Luca ^a   Massari, Christian ^a   Moramarco, Tommaso ^a   Puca, Silvia ^b   Rinollo, Angelo ^b   Gabellani, Simone ^b   Wagner, Wolfgang ^c  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b National Civil Protection Department ^*  (Italy)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Rainfall; Remote sensing; Satellite observations; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ASCAT; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL MOISTURE;

ITALY;

EID: 84941273433     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0108.1     Document Type: Article

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