Soil Moisture Estimation Using Remote Sensing

Importance of Soil Moisture

Soil Moisture vs Sea Surface Temp

The Situation

The Problem With LSMs

Importance of Soil Moisture

Soil Moisture Coverage: Veg (Mean PR)

Data Assimilation Defined

The Kalman Filter
(sequential assimilation)

Catchment-based LSM

Catchment Discretisation

Bias Reduced Forcing

SMMR Soil Moisture Observations

Soil Moisture Time Series: Illinois

Animation

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Evaluation of Assimilation

Soil Moisture: Iowa

Conclusions