The performance of Satellite Rainfall Estimate (SRE) products applied to flood inundation modelling was tested for the Mundeni Aru River Basin in eastern Sri Lanka. Three SREs (PERSIANN, TRMM, and GSMaP) were tested, with the Rainfall-Runoff-Inundation (RRI) model used as the flood inundation mod...
Yoshimoto, Shuhei
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Amarnath, Giriraj
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[Applications of satellite-based rainfall estimates in flood inundation modeling: a case study in Mundeni Aru River Basin, Sri Lanka]
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Applications of satellite-based rainfall estimates in flood inundation modeling: a case study in Mundeni Aru River Basin, Sri Lanka
Soil moisture is a highly suitable indicator for assessing agricultural drought, as plants start to wilt when there is not sufficient soil water to meet evapotranspiration demand. In this study, we provide insights on information obtained from satellite surface soil moisture observations (as comp...
Modanesi, S.
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Massari, C.
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Camici, S.
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Brocca, L.
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Amarnath, Giriraj
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[Do satellite surface soil moisture observations better retain information about crop-yield variability in drought conditions?]
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Do satellite surface soil moisture observations better retain information about crop-yield variability in drought conditions?
Increasing frequency of drought events coupled uncertainty imparted by climate change pose grave threat to agriculture and thereby overall food security. This is especially true in South Asian region where world’s largest concentration of people depends on agriculture for their livelihood. Indic...
Pani, Peejush
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Alahacoon, Niranga
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Amarnath, Giriraj
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Bharani, Gurminder
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Mondal, S.
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Jeganathan, C.
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[Comparison of SPI [Standardized Precipitation Index] and IDSI [Integrated Drought Severity Index] applicability for agriculture drought monitoring in Sri Lanka]
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Comparison of SPI [Standardized Precipitation Index] and IDSI [Integrated Drought Severity Index] applicability for agriculture drought monitoring in Sri Lanka
Amarnath, Giriraj
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Pani, Peejush
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Alahacoon, Niranga
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Chockalingam, J.
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Mondal, S.
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Matheswaran, K.
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Sikka, Alok
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Rao, K. V.
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Smakhtin, Vladimir
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[Development of a system for drought monitoring and assessment in South Asia]
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Development of a system for drought monitoring and assessment in South Asia
Remote sensing of soil moisture has reached a level of good maturity and accuracy for which the retrieved products are ready to use in real-world applications. Due to the importance of soil moisture in the partitioning of the water and energy uxes between the land surface and the atmosphere, a w...
Brocca, L.
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Crow, W.T.
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Ciabatta, L.
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Massari, C.
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Rosnay, P. de
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Enenkel, M.
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Hahn, S.
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Amarnath, Giriraj
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Camici, S.
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Tarpanelli, A.
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Wagner, W.
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[A review of the applications of ASCAT [ Advanced SCATterometer] soil moisture products]
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A review of the applications of ASCAT [ Advanced SCATterometer] soil moisture products
A merging procedure is applied to five daily rainfall estimates achieved via SM2RAIN applied to the soil moisture products obtained by the Advanced SCATterometer, the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2, the Soil Moisture Active and Passive mission, the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity missi...
Tarpanelli, A.
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Massari, C.
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Ciabatta, L.
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Filippucci, P.
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Amarnath, Giriraj
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Brocca, L.
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[Exploiting a constellation of satellite soil moisture sensors for accurate rainfall estimation]
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Exploiting a constellation of satellite soil moisture sensors for accurate rainfall estimation