Data Assimilation of 10 GHz Brightness Temperatures into a Land Surface Model

Conclusions

•We are able to incorporate information from TRMM into a Land Surface Model.

•Data assimilation of TRMM soil moisture will be more advantageous in areas where the forcing data is known to be poor.

•Using TRMM data to help understand the data assimilation procedure will improve the utility of future satellite data.