Global assimilation of multiangle and multipolarization SMOS brightness temperature observations into the GEOS-5 catchment land surface model for soil moisture estimation

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 669-691

  De Lannoy, Gabriëlle J M ^a   Reichle, Rolf H ^b,c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENT; DATA ASSIMILATION; EOS; LAND SURFACE; SMOS; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 84957933589     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-15-0037.1     Document Type: Article

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