Title :
The FY-3B/MWRI soil moisture product and its application in drought monitoring
Author :
Ruijing Sun ; Yeping Zhang ; Shengli Wu ; Hu Yang ; Jinyang Du
Author_Institution :
Nat. Satellite Meteorol. Center, China Meteorol. Adm., Beijing, China
Abstract :
In recent years, drought occurs frequently in China. Soil moisture, as a key parameter in the drought monitoring, becomes especially concerned. The FY-3B/MWRI soil moisture product provides global observations of land surface soil moisture. This paper gives a basic introduction of FY-3B/MWRI soil moisture product including the retrieval method used. Then an example in the application for drought monitoring will be demonstrated and finally we will evaluate the utility of MWRI soil moisture for drought monitoring.1
Keywords :
hydrological techniques; hydrology; remote sensing; soil; China; FY-3B soil moisture product; MWRI soil moisture product; drought monitoring; land surface soil moisture; Microwave imaging; Microwave radiometry; Microwave theory and techniques; Monitoring; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; Soil moisture; MWRI; drought; soil moisture;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2014 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Quebec City, QC
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6947184
