Validation of SMAP surface soil moisture products with core validation sites

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 191, Issue , 2017, Pages 215-231

  Colliander, A ^a   Jackson, T J ^b   Bindlish, R ^b   Chan, S ^a   Das, N ^a   Kim, S B ^a   Cosh, M H ^b   Dunbar, R S ^a   Dang, L ^a   Pashaian, L ^a   Asanuma, J ^c   Aida, K ^c   Berg, A ^d   Rowlandson, T ^d   Bosch, D ^e   Caldwell, T ^g   Caylor, K ^h   Goodrich, D ^f   al Jassar, H ⁱ   Lopez Baeza, E ^j   Martinez Fernandez J ^k   Gonzalez Zamora A ^k   Livingston, S ^l   McNairn, H ^m   Pacheco, A ^m   Moghaddam, M ⁿ   Montzka, C ^o   Notarnicola, C ^p   Niedrist, G ^p   Pellarin, T ^q   Prueger, J ^r   Pulliainen, J ^s   Rautiainen, K ^s   Ramos, J ^t   Seyfried, M ^r   Starks, P ^u   Su, Z ^v   Zeng, Y ^v   van der Velde, R ^v   Thibeault, M ^w   Dorigo, W ^x   Vreugdenhil, M ^x   Walker, J P ^y   Wu, X ^y   Monerris, A ^y   O'Neill, P E ^z   Entekhabi, D ^aa   Njoku, E G ^a   Yueh, S ^a   more..

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e SOUTHEAST WATERSHED RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f SOUTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^h PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^l NATIONAL SOIL EROSION RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^m AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^o FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^p Institute of Genetic Medicine   (Italy)

^q UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^r U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^s FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^t UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^u USDA ARS GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^w Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales   (Argentina)

^x VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^y MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^z NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^aa MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

SMAP; Soil moisture; Validation

Indexed keywords

MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MOISTURE METERS; NASA; PIXELS; RADAR; RADIOMETERS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE;

COMBINED RADAR RADIOMETERS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SMAP; SOIL MOISTURE ACTIVE PASSIVE (SMAP); SOIL MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS; VALIDATION; VOLUMETRIC SOIL MOISTURES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SATELLITE MISSION; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 85010756628     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2017.01.021     Document Type: Article

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