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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-4793-2020
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Assimilation of Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) brightness temperature into a large-scale distributed conceptual hydrological model to improve soil moisture predictions: the Murray–Darling basin in Australia as a test case
Department Environmental Research and Innovation, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Belvaux, Luxembourg
Dominik Rains
Department of Environment, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Earth Observation Science, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Kaniska Mallick
Department Environmental Research and Innovation, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Belvaux, Luxembourg
Marco Chini
Department Environmental Research and Innovation, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Belvaux, Luxembourg
Ramona Pelich
Department Environmental Research and Innovation, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Belvaux, Luxembourg
Hans Lievens
Department of Environment, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium
Fabrizio Fenicia
Department of Systems Analysis, Integrated Assessment and Modelling, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG),
Dübendorf, Switzerland
Giovanni Corato
Department Environmental Research and Innovation, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Belvaux, Luxembourg
Niko E. C. Verhoest
Department of Environment, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Patrick Matgen
Department Environmental Research and Innovation, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Belvaux, Luxembourg
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Short summary
Our objective is to investigate how satellite microwave sensors, particularly Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS), may help to reduce errors and uncertainties in soil moisture simulations with a large-scale conceptual hydro-meteorological model. We assimilated a long time series of SMOS observations into a hydro-meteorological model and showed that this helps to improve model predictions. This work therefore contributes to the development of faster and more accurate drought prediction tools.
Our objective is to investigate how satellite microwave sensors, particularly Soil Moisture and...