Impact of different satellite soil moisture products on the predictions of a continuous distributed hydrological model

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 48, Issue , 2016, Pages 131-145

  Laiolo, P ^a   Gabellani, S ^a   Campo, L ^a   Silvestro, F ^a   Delogu, F ^a   Rudari, R ^a   Pulvirenti, L ^a,b   Boni, G ^a   Fascetti, F ^b   Pierdicca, N ^b   Crapolicchio, R ^c,d   Hasenauer, S ^e   Puca, S ^f  

^a CIMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SERCO ASSURANCE   (United Kingdom)

^d ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

^e VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^f Civil Protection Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assimilation impacts; H SAF; Hydrological modelling; Satellite data assimilation; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ITALY;

EID: 85015866588     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2015.06.002     Document Type: Article

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