Spatial and temporal distribution of soil moisture at the catchment scale using remotely-sensed energy fluxes

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Alexandridis, Thomas K ^a   Cherif, Ines ^a   Bilas, George ^a   Almeida, Waldenio G ^b   Hartanto, Isnaeni M ^c   van Andel, Schalk Jan ^c   Araujo, Antonio ^d  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^d Skysoft Portugal   (Portugal)

Author keywords

MODIS; Remote sensing; River basin; Soil water content; Thermal infrared

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MOISTURE; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS;

FLOOD SIMULATION MODELS; INTEGRATED METHODOLOGY; MODIS; RIVER BASINS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL INFRARED;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CATCHMENT; EVAPORATION; INFILTRATION; LAND COVER; METHODOLOGY; MODIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; RHIZOSPHERE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRA (SATELLITE); WATER CONTENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84958741578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w8010032     Document Type: Article

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