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Information-based uncertainty decomposition in dual-channel microwave remote sensing of soil moisture
Department of Biological & Ecological Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
Water Resources Graduate Program, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
Stephen P. Good
Department of Biological & Ecological Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
Water Resources Graduate Program, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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Biogeosciences, 16, 3747–3775, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3747-2019, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3747-2019, 2019
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Key findings are the nearly optimal response of T to atmospheric water vapor pressure deficits across methods and scales. Additionally, the notion that T / ET intermittently approaches 1, which is a basis for many partitioning methods, does not hold for certain methods and ecosystems. To better constrain estimates of E and T from combined ET measurements, we propose a combination of independent measurement techniques to better constrain E and T at the ecosystem scale.
Maoya Bassiouni, Chad W. Higgins, Christopher J. Still, and Stephen P. Good
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 3229–3243, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3229-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3229-2018, 2018
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Short summary
We found that satellite retrieved soil moisture has large uncertainty, with uncertainty caused by the algorithm being closely related to the satellite soil moisture quality. The information provided by the two main inputs is mainly redundant. Such redundant components and synergy components provided by two main inputs to the satellite soil moisture are related to how the satellite algorithm performs. The satellite remote sensing algorithms may be improved by performing such analysis.
We found that satellite retrieved soil moisture has large uncertainty, with uncertainty caused...
