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 …

Investigating soil moisture–climate interactions in a changing climate: A review

SI Seneviratne, T Corti, EL Davin, M Hirschi… - Earth-Science …, 2010‏ - Elsevier
Soil moisture is a key variable of the climate system. It constrains plant transpiration and
photosynthesis in several regions of the world, with consequent impacts on the water …

Drought modeling–A review

AK Mishra, VP Singh - Journal of Hydrology, 2011‏ - Elsevier
In recent years droughts have been occurring frequently, and their impacts are being
aggravated by the rise in water demand and the variability in hydro-meteorological variables …

Soil moisture measurement for ecological and hydrological watershed-scale observatories: A review

DA Robinson, CS Campbell… - Vadose zone …, 2008‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
At the watershed scale, soil moisture is the major control for rainfall–runoff response,
especially where saturation excess runoff processes dominate. From the ecological point of …

[PDF][PDF] SMAP handbook–soil moisture active passive: Map** soil moisture and freeze/thaw from space

D Entekhabi, S Yueh, PE O'Neill, KH Kellogg, A Allen… - 2014‏ - lirias.kuleuven.be
Active Passive (SMAP) mission will provide global measurements of soil moisture and its
freeze/thaw state from a 685‑km, near‑polar, sun‑synchronous orbit for a period of 3 years …