Comparing AMSR-E soil moisture estimates to the extended record of the U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN)

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 79-85

  Coopersmith, Evan J ^a   Cosh, Michael H ^a   Bindlish, Rajat ^b   Bell, Jesse ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c National Climatic Data Center   (United States)

Author keywords

AMSR E; Remote sensing; Soil moisture; USCRN

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MOISTURE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER; CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; IN-SITU RESOURCES; PRECIPITATION DATA; SATELLITE PRODUCTS; USCRN;

SOIL SURVEYS;

AMSR-E; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84944128703     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.09.003     Document Type: Article

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