Land data assimilation: Harmonizing theory and data in land surface process studies

X Li, F Liu, C Ma, J Hou, D Zheng, H Ma… - Reviews of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Data assimilation plays a dual role in advancing the “scientific” understanding and serving
as an “engineering tool” for the Earth system sciences. Land data assimilation (LDA) has …

Progresses on microwave remote sensing of land surface parameters

J Shi, Y Du, J Du, LM Jiang, LN Chai, KB Mao… - Science China Earth …, 2012 - Springer
Highly accurate observations at various scales on the land surface are urgently needed for
the studies of many areas, such as hydrology, meteorology, and agriculture. With the rapid …

Estimating northern hemisphere snow water equivalent for climate research through assimilation of space-borne radiometer data and ground-based measurements

M Takala, K Luojus, J Pulliainen, C Derksen… - Remote Sensing of …, 2011 - Elsevier
The key variable describing global seasonal snow cover is snow water equivalent (SWE).
However, reliable information on the hemispheric scale variability of SWE is lacking …

[HTML][HTML] A Landsat-era Sierra Nevada snow reanalysis (1985–2015)

SA Margulis, G Cortés, M Girotto… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
A Landsat-Era Sierra Nevada Snow Reanalysis (1985–2015) in: Journal of
Hydrometeorology Volume 17 Issue 4 (2016) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation …

Combining hyper-resolution land surface modeling with SMAP brightness temperatures to obtain 30-m soil moisture estimates

N Vergopolan, NW Chaney, HE Beck, M Pan… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Accurate and detailed soil moisture information is essential for, among other things,
irrigation, drought and flood prediction, water resources management, and field-scale (ie …

Multiscale assimilation of Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer–EOS snow water equivalent and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer snow cover …

GJM De Lannoy, RH Reichle… - Water Resources …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Eight years (2002–2010) of Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer–EOS (AMSR‐E)
snow water equivalent (SWE) retrievals and Moderate Resolution Imaging …

[HTML][HTML] Improving snow depth estimation by coupling HUT-optimized effective snow grain size parameters with the random forest approach

JW Yang, LM Jiang, J Lemmetyinen, JM Pan… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Snow cover is highly critical for global water and energy cycles because of its wide areal
extent, high reflectivity and good thermal insulation. Knowledge of snow conditions, eg …

Radiance data assimilation for operational snow and streamflow forecasting

C Dechant, H Moradkhani - Advances in Water Resources, 2011 - Elsevier
Estimation of seasonal snowpack, in mountainous regions, is crucial for accurate streamflow
prediction. This paper examines the ability of data assimilation (DA) of remotely sensed …

Estimating the distribution of snow water equivalent using remotely sensed snow cover data and a spatially distributed snowmelt model: A multi-resolution, multi …

NP Molotch, SA Margulis - Advances in water resources, 2008 - Elsevier
Time series of fractional snow covered area (SCA) estimates from Landsat Enhanced
Thematic Mapper (ETM+), Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), and …

Contact spectroscopy for determination of stratigraphy of snow optical grain size

TH Painter, NP Molotch, M Cassidy, M Flanner… - Journal of …, 2007 - cambridge.org
We present a technique for in situ measurement of the vertical and spatial stratigraphic
distribution of snow optical grain size with a coupled contact illumination probe and field …