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Surface Temperature Assimilation in Land Surface ModelsThis paper examines the utilization of surface temperature as a variable to be assimilated in offline land surface hydrological models. Comparisons between the model computed and satellite observed surface temperatures have been carried out. The assimilation of surface temperature is carried out twice a day (corresponding to the AM and PM overpass of the NOAA10) over the Red-Arkansas basin in the Southwestern United States (31 degs 50 sec N - 36 degrees N, 94 degrees 30 seconds W - 104 degrees 3 seconds W) for a period of one year (August 1987 to July 1988). The effect of assimilation is to reduce the difference between the surface soil moisture computed for the precipitation and/or shortwave radiation perturbed case and the unperturbed case compared to no assimilation.
Document ID
19990117065
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Lakshmi, Venkataraman
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1999
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Meeting Information
Meeting: IGARSS Conference
Location: Hamburg
Country: Germany
Start Date: June 28, 1999
End Date: July 2, 1999
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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