On the identification of representative in situ soil moisture monitoring stations for the validation of SMAP soil moisture products in Australia

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 537, Issue , 2016, Pages 367-381

  Yee, Mei Sun ^a   Walker, Jeffrey P ^a   Monerris, Alessandra ^a   Rüdiger, Christoph ^a   Jackson, Thomas J ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Representativeness; Satellite validation; Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP); Soil moisture measurement; Spatial stability; Temporal stability

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTROL; NASA; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADAR STATIONS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SPACE-BASED RADAR; STABILITY;

REPRESENTATIVENESS; SATELLITE VALIDATION; SOIL MOISTURE ACTIVE PASSIVE (SMAP); SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; SPATIAL STABILITY; TEMPORAL STABILITY;

SOIL MOISTURE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DESIGN; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; PIXEL; RADAR; RADIOMETER; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; YANCO;

EID: 84963607559     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.03.060     Document Type: Article

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