An empirical vegetation correction for soil water content quantification using cosmic ray probes

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2030-2046

  Baatz, R ^a   Bogena, H R ^a   Hendricks Franssen, H J ^a   Huisman, J A ^a   Montzka, C ^a   Vereecken, H ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

aboveground biomass; cosmic ray probe; neutron intensity; soil water content; vegetation water content

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENT; COSMOLOGY; DEFORESTATION; NEUTRONS; PROBES; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; VEGETATION;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; CALIBRATION FUNCTIONS; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; LAND-SURFACE PROCESS; MODERATION OF FAST NEUTRONS; NEUTRON INTENSITIES; SOIL WATER CONTENT; VEGETATION WATER CONTENT;

COSMIC RAYS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALGORITHM; BIOMASS; COSMIC; COSMIC RAY; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NEUTRON PROBE; SOIL WATER; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION COVER;

GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA; RUR DAM;

EID: 85027956377     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR016443     Document Type: Article

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