Estimating error cross-correlations in soil moisture data sets using extended collocation analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1208-1219

  Gruber, A ^a,b   Su, C H ^b   Crow, W T ^c   Zwieback, S ^d   Dorigo, W A ^a,e   Wagner, W ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMSR-E; ASCAT; CORRELATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 84959420206     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD024027     Document Type: Article

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