Assimilation of SMOS brightness temperatures or soil moisture retrievals into a land surface model

Three different data products from the Soil Moisture Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission are assimilated separately into the Goddard Earth Observing System Model, version 5 (GEOS-5) to improve estimates of surface and root-zone soil moisture. The first product consists of multi-angle, dual-polarization br...

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Main Authors: G. J. M. De Lannoy, R. H. Reichle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-12-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/20/4895/2016/hess-20-4895-2016.pdf