Evaluation of satellite and reanalysis soil moisture products over southwest China using ground-based measurements

Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 15729-15747

  Peng, Jian ^a   Niesel, Jonathan ^a   Loew, Alexander ^a,b   Zhang, Shiqiang ^c   Wang, Jie ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Yunnan Institute of Water Resource and Hydropower Research   (China)

Author keywords

In situ soil moisture; Reanalysis soil moisture; Satellite based soil moisture; Southwest China; Validation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH (PLANET); METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MOISTURE; SATELLITES; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER FOR THE EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE; REANALYSIS; SITU SOIL MOISTURES; SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITY (SMOS); SOUTHWEST CHINA; VALIDATION;

SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 84949291815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs71115729     Document Type: Article

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