Improving terrestrial evaporation estimates over continental Australia through assimilation of SMOS soil moisture

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 48, Issue , 2016, Pages 146-162

  Martens, B ^a   Miralles, D ^a,b   Lievens, H ^a   Fernandez Prieto D ^c   Verhoest, N E C ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

AMSR E; Australian hydrology; Data assimilation; GLEAM; Newtonian Nudging; SMOS; Soil moisture; Terrestrial evaporation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMSR-E; DATA ASSIMILATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; SATELLITE DATA; SMOS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 85015844468     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2015.09.012     Document Type: Article

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