Continental drought monitoring using satellite soil moisture, data assimilation and an integrated drought index
Lei Xu, Peyman Abbaszadeh, Hamid Moradkhani, Nengcheng Chen, Xiang Zhang
Topics & Concepts
Environmental scienceData assimilationEnsemble Kalman filterWater contentModerate-resolution imaging spectroradiometerEvapotranspirationRemote sensingClimatologySatelliteMeteorologyKalman filterGeographyGeologyStatisticsMathematicsExtended Kalman filterGeotechnical engineeringBiologyAerospace engineeringEngineeringEcologyHydrology and Drought AnalysisSoil Moisture and Remote SensingPrecipitation Measurement and Analysis