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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-1617-2021
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Research article
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31 Mar 2021
Research article |
| 31 Mar 2021
| 31 Mar 2021
Improving soil moisture prediction of a high-resolution land surface model by parameterising pedotransfer functions through assimilation of SMAP satellite data
Ewan Pinnington
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
National Centre for Earth Observation, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Javier Amezcua
National Centre for Earth Observation, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Elizabeth Cooper
UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK
Simon Dadson
UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK
School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Rich Ellis
UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK
Jian Peng
Department of Remote Sensing, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Remote Sensing Centre for Earth System Research, Leipzig University, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Emma Robinson
UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK
Ross Morrison
UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK
Simon Osborne
Met Office Field Site, Cardington Airfield, Shortstown, Bedford, UK
Tristan Quaife
National Centre for Earth Observation, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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Short summary
Land surface models are important tools for translating meteorological forecasts and reanalyses into real-world impacts at the Earth's surface. We show that the hydrological predictions, in particular soil moisture, of these models can be improved by combining them with satellite observations from the NASA SMAP mission to update uncertain parameters. We find a 22 % reduction in error at a network of in situ soil moisture sensors after combining model predictions with satellite observations.
Land surface models are important tools for translating meteorological forecasts and reanalyses...
