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http://dx.doi.org/10.12652/Ksce.2010.30.3B.285

Spatio-temporal Variability of Soil Moisture within Remote Sensing Footprints in Semi-arid Area  

Hwang, Kyotaek (한양대학교 공과대학 건설환경공학과)
Cho, Hun Sik (홍익대학교 공과대학 토목공학과)
Lee, Seung Oh (홍익대학교 공과대학 토목공학과)
Choi, Minha (한양대학교 공과대학 건설환경공학과)
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KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research / v.30, no.3B, 2010 , pp. 285-293 More about this Journal
Abstract
Soil moisture is a key factor to control the exchange of water and energy between the surface and the atmosphere. In recent, many researches for spatial and temporal variability analyses of soil moisture have been conducted. In this study, we analyzed the spatio-temporal variability of soil moisture in Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed, Arizona, U.S. during the Soil Moisture Experiment 2004 (SMEX04). The spatio-temporal variability analyses were performed to understand sensitivity of five observation sites with precipitation and relationship between mean soil moisture, and its standard deviation and coefficient of variation at the sites, respectively. It was identified that log-normal distribution was superior to replicate soil moisture spatial patterns. In addition, precipitation was identified as a key physical factor to understand spatio-temporal variability of soil moisure based on the temporal stability analysis. Based on current results, higher spatial variability was also observed which was agreed with the results of previous studies. The results from this study should be essential for improvement of the remotely sensed soil moisture retrieval algorithm.
Keywords
soil moisture; spatio-temporal variability; SMEX04; temporal stability analysis;
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