Estimating Basin-Scale Water Budgets with SMAP Level 2 Soil Moisture Data

Koster, Randal ; Crow, Wade ; Reichle, Rolf ; Mahanama, Sarith P

关键词: ESTIMATING;    WATER MANAGEMENT;    RIVER BASINS;    WATERSHEDS;    SMAP (SOIL MOISTURE ACTIVE PASSIVE);    PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);    RAIN;    SOIL MOISTURE;    DATA CORRELATION;    WATER TABLES;    DRAINAGE;    HYDROLOGY MODELS;    NASA PROGRAMS;   

RP-ID  :  GSFC-E-DAA-TN54971

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来源: NASA Technical Reports Server

【 摘 要 】

The SMAP estimates of rainfall and streamflow are not perfect, but they do contain relevant information. At the very least, they should prove useful for constraining, or otherwise contributing to, rainfall and streamflow estimates obtained with more conventional approaches.