Field Observations During the Tenth Microwave Water and Energy Balance Experiment (MicroWEX-10): from March 1, 2011 through January 5, 2012
The University of Florida's C-band Microwave Radiometer system (UFCMR)
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Microwave Water and Energy Balance Experiments
AE512

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Bongiovanni, Tara, Pang-Wei Liu, Karthik Nagarajan, Daniel Preston, Patrick Rush, Xueyang Duan, Guanbo Chen, Robert Terwilleger, Alejandro Monsivais-Huertero, Roger De Roo, Jasmeet Judge, Ruzbeh Akbar, Mary Morris, Olivia Williams, Lindsey Marks, Courtnay Cardozo, Mahta Moghaddam, and Anthony England. 2015. “Field Observations During the Tenth Microwave Water and Energy Balance Experiment (MicroWEX-10): From March 1, 2011 through January 5, 2012: AE512/AE512, 4/2015”. EDIS 2015 (4). Gainesville, FL:100. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ae512-2015.

Abstract

For accurate weather prediction, accurate modeling of surface hydrological processes is very important. Most current models capture the biophysics of moisture and energy transport and of crop growth and development pretty well. However, model estimates of soil moisture in the root zone diverge from reality due to accumulated errors in initialization, forcings, and computation. Remotely sensed microwave observations can be assimilated into these models to improve root zone soil moisture and crop yield estimates. This 100-page report describes the observations conducted during a season-long experiment in elephant grass and sweet corn using active and passive microwave observations. Published by the UF Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, April 2015. (Photo: J. Casanova, UF) 

AE512/AE512: Field Observations During the Tenth Microwave Water and Energy Balance Experiment (MicroWEX-10): from March 1, 2011 through January 5, 2012 (ufl.edu)

https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ae512-2015
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PDF-2015

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