•Extended 1-D Kalman filter (EKF) has been implemented into the catchment model and was validated
using identical twin experiment in North America
by Jeff Walker
•Ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) has been implemented into the
catchchment model and was validated using identical twin experiement in North America by Rolf Reichle
•Currently we are assimilating the soil moisture data from SMMR into the the catchement model and validate the above two data assimilation methods using in-situ measurements in Eurasia and using the new catchment definitions