An inter-comparison of soil moisture data products from satellite remote sensing and a land surface model

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 48, Issue , 2016, Pages 37-50

  Fang, Li ^a,b   Hain, Christopher R ^a,b   Zhan, Xiwu ^b   Anderson, Martha C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Active and passive microwave; Soil moisture product; Thermal infrared remote sensing; Validation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; INFRARED IMAGERY; LAND SURFACE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MODEL VALIDATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 85015931390     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2015.10.006     Document Type: Article

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