Advances in soil moisture retrieval from synthetic aperture radar and hydrological applications

KC Kornelsen, P Coulibaly - Journal of Hydrology, 2013 - Elsevier
The sensitivity of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) to soil moisture is well established,
however, the retrieval of soil moisture from SAR is confounded by the effects of surface …

Scaling of soil moisture: A hydrologic perspective

AW Western, RB Grayson… - Annual review of earth and …, 2002 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Soil moisture is spatially and temporally highly variable, and it influences a range
of environmental processes in a nonlinear manner. This leads to scale effects that need to …

Spatial correlation of soil moisture in small catchments and its relationship to dominant spatial hydrological processes

AW Western, SL Zhou, RB Grayson, TA McMahon… - Journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
The geostatistical properties of soil moisture patterns from five different sites in Australia
(Tarrawarra and Point Nepean) and New Zealand (three sites from the Mahurangi River …

Estimating soil moisture at the watershed scale with satellite-based radar and land surface models

MS Moran, CD Peters-Lidard, JM Watts… - Canadian journal of …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Spatially distributed soil moisture profiles are required for watershed applications such as
drought and flood prediction, crop irrigation scheduling, pest management, and determining …

[HTML][HTML] Spatio-temporal soil moisture patterns–A meta-analysis using plot to catchment scale data

W Korres, TG Reichenau, P Fiener, CN Koyama… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Soil moisture is a key variable in hydrology, meteorology and agriculture. It is influenced by
many factors, such as topography, soil properties, vegetation type, management, and …

Soil moisture at local scale: Measurements and simulations

N Romano - Journal of Hydrology, 2014 - Elsevier
Soil moisture refers to the water present in the uppermost part of a field soil and is a state
variable controlling a wide array of ecological, hydrological, geotechnical, and …

Upscaling hydraulic properties and soil water flow processes in heterogeneous soils: A review

H Vereecken, R Kasteel, J Vanderborght… - Vadose Zone …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
This review covers, in a comprehensive manner, the approaches available in the literature to
upscale soil water processes and hydraulic parameters in the vadose zone. We distinguish …

Scaling, similarity, and the fourth paradigm for hydrology

CD Peters-Lidard, M Clark… - Hydrology and earth …, 2017 - hess.copernicus.org
In this synthesis paper addressing hydrologic scaling and similarity, we posit that roadblocks
in the search for universal laws of hydrology are hindered by our focus on computational …

The role of surface storage in a low‐gradient Arctic watershed

LC Bowling, DL Kane, RE Gieck… - Water Resources …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The Arctic land surface water balance plays an important role in regulating the planetary
heat balance and global ocean circulation. Lakes and wetlands are common features in the …

On the spatiotemporal variability of soil moisture and evapotranspiration in a mountainous basin within the North American monsoon region

ER Vivoni, JC Rodríguez… - Water Resources Research, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
In the North American monsoon (NAM) region, in‐phase seasonality in precipitation and
radiation should lead to corresponding changes in the catchment hydrologic response and …