Comparing surface-soil moisture from the SMOS mission and the ORCHIDEE land-surface model over the Iberian Peninsula

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 174, Issue , 2016, Pages 69-81

  Polcher, Jan ^a,c   Piles, Maria ^b   Gelati, Emiliano ^a,c,d   Barella Ortiz, Anaïs ^a   Tello, Marivi ^c,e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c Institut Catalá de Ciéncies del Clima IC3   (Spain)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Land surface modelling; ORCHIDEE; Remote sensing; SMOS; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

LAND SURFACE MODELING; LAND SURFACE MODELLING; ORCHIDEE; SINGLE VALUE DECOMPOSITIONS; SMOS; SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITY MISSIONS; SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; LAND SURFACE; MODELING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE MISSION; SMOS; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

DUERO BASIN; IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84954091052     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.12.004     Document Type: Article

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