Precipitation estimation using L-band and C-band soil moisture retrievals

Water Resources Research

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 7213-7225

  Koster, Randal D ^a   Brocca, Luca ^b   Crow, Wade T ^c   Burgin, Mariko S ^d   De Lannoy, Gabrielle J M ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

precipitation; remote sensing; soil moisture

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MOISTURE CONTROL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; SATELLITE MISSION; SOIL MOISTURE ACTIVE PASSIVE (SMAP); SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITY (SMOS); SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ASCAT; CORRELATION; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; GAUGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINGAUGE; REMOTE SENSING; SMOS; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 84988599220     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016WR019024     Document Type: Article

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