Articles | Volume 20, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3361-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3361-2016
Research article
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23 Aug 2016
Research article |  | 23 Aug 2016

Comparing the Normalized Difference Infrared Index (NDII) with root zone storage in a lumped conceptual model

Nutchanart Sriwongsitanon, Hongkai Gao, Hubert H. G. Savenije, Ekkarin Maekan, Sirikanya Saengsawang, and Sansarith Thianpopirug

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Data for figure 5 G. Hongkai https://zenodo.org/record/60491

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We demonstrated that the readily available NDII remote sensing product is a very useful proxy for moisture storage in the root zone of vegetation. We compared the temporal variation of the NDII with the root zone storage in a hydrological model of eight catchments in the Upper Ping River in Thailand, yielding very good results. Having a reliable NDII product that can help us to estimate the actual moisture storage in catchments is a major contribution to prediction in ungauged basins.