An assessment of impacts of land-cover changes on root-zone soil moisture

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 6116-6134

  Yin, Jifu ^a,b   Zheng, Youfei ^c   Zhan, Xiwu ^b   Hain, Christopher R ^a,b   Zhai, Qingfei ^d   Duan, Changchun ^e   Wu, Rongjun ^c   Liu, Jicheng ^a,b   Fang, Li ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Liaoning Weather Modification Office   (China)

^e Yunnan Research Institute of Meteorological Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); CARBON DIOXIDE; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; MOISTURE CONTROL; NASA; QUALITY CONTROL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EXCHANGE OF ENERGY; LAND INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LAND-COVER CHANGE; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; PRIMEVAL FORESTS; ROOT ZONE SOIL MOISTURES;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DROUGHT; FOREST DYNAMICS; GRASSLAND; LAND COVER; REMOTE SENSING; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MOISTURE;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

EID: 84948428750     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2015.1111539     Document Type: Article

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