Homogeneity of a global multisatellite soil moisture climate data record

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 11,245-11,252

  Su, Chun Hsu ^a   Ryu, Dongryeol ^a   Dorigo, Wouter ^b   Zwieback, Simon ^c   Gruber, Alexander ^b   Albergel, Clement ^d   Reichle, Rolf H ^e   Wagner, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

homogeneity; microwave remote sensing; soil moisture; trend analysis; water cycle

Indexed keywords

CLOCK AND DATA RECOVERY CIRCUITS (CDR CIRCUITS); MOISTURE; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CLIMATE DATA RECORDS; HOMOGENEITY; HOMOGENEITY TESTING; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; MULTIPLE SATELLITES; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER CYCLE;

SOIL MOISTURE;

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HOMOGENEITY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; INHOMOGENEITY; LAND SURFACE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PIXEL; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84996542566     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL070458     Document Type: Article

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