Remote Sensing of the Terrestrial Water Cycle

Venkat Lakshmi is a Professor at the Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences in the University of South Carolina. He currently chairs the AGU, Chapman conference Program. His research focuses on the eco-hydrological processes and satellite remote sensing. He has published extensively in various geoscience journals including the AGU journals Journal of Geophysical Research and Water Resources Research.

Contributors ix


Preface

Venkat Lakshmi, Douglas Alsdorf, Martha Anderson, Sylvain
Biancamaria, Michael H. Cosh, Jared Entin, George J. Huffman,
William Kustas, Peter van Oevelen, Thomas H. Painter, Juraj
Parajka, Matthew Rodell, and Christoph Rüdiger


Section I: Precipitation 1


1. Rain/No-Rain Classification Using Passive Microwave
Radiometers 3

J. Indu and D. Nagesh Kumar


2. Improvement of TMI Rain Retrieval Over the Indian
Subcontinent 27

Shoichi Shige, Munehisa K. Yamamoto, and Aina Taniguchi


3. Integrating Information from Satellite Observations and
Numerical Models for Improved Global Precipitation Analyses:
Exploring for an Optimal Strategy 43

Pingping Xie and Robert J. Joyce


4. Research Framework to Bridge from the Global Precipitation
Measurement Mission Core

Satellite to the Constellation Sensors Using Ground-Radar-Based
National Mosaic QPE 61

Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter, Yang Hong, Jonathan J. Gourley, Qing
Cao, M. Schwaller, and W. Petersen


Section II: Evapotranspiration 81


5. Estimating Regional Evapotranspiration Using a
Three-Temperature Model and MODIS Products 83

Yu Jiu Xiong, Guo Yu Qiu, Shao Hua Zhao, and Fei Tian


6. Water Use and Stream-Aquifer-Phreatophyte Interaction Along a
Tamarisk-Dominated Segment of the Lower Colorado River 95

Saleh Taghvaeian, Christopher M.U. Neale, John Osterberg,
Subramania I. Sritharan, and Doyle R. Watts


Section III: Surface Water 115


7. Controls of Terrestrial Water Storage Changes Over the
Central Congo Basin Determined by Integrating Palsar Scansar,
Envisat Altimetry, and Grace Data 117

Hyongki Lee, Hahn Chul Jung, Ting Yuan, R. Edward Beighley, and
Jianbin Duan


8. Spatial Patterns of River Width in the Yukon River Basin
131

Tamlin M. Pavelsky, George H. Allen, and Zachary F.
Miller


9. Near-Nadir Ka-band Field Observations of Freshwater Bodies
143

Delwyn Moller and Daniel Esteban-Fernandez


Section IV: Snow 157


10. Snow Cover Depletion Curves and Snow Water Equivalent
Reconstruction: Six Decades of Hydrologic Remote Sensing
Applications 159

Noah P. Molotch, Michael T. Durand, Bin Guan, Steven A.
Margulis, and Robert E. Davis


11. Retrieval and Validation of VIIRS Snow Cover Information for
Terrestrial Water Cycle Applications 175

Igor Appel


12. Seeing the Snow Through the Trees: Toward a Validated Canopy
Adjustment for Satellite Snow-Covered Area 199

Lexi P. Coons, Anne W. Nolin, Kelly E. Gleason, Eugene J. Mar,
Karl Rittger, Travis R. Roth, and Thomas H. Painter


13. Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of Snowmelt and
Melt-Refreeze Using Diurnal Amplitude Variations 215

Kathryn Alese Semmens, Joan Ramage, Jeremy D. Apgar, Katrina E.
Bennett, Glen E. Liston, and Elias Deeb


14. Changes in Snowpacks of Canadian Prairies for
1979?2004 Detected from Snow Water

Equivalent Data of SMMR and SSM/I Passive Microwave and Related
Climatic Factors 227

Thian Yew Gan, Roger G. Barry, and Adam K. Gobena


Section V: Soil Moisture 245


15. Some Issues in Validating Satellite-Based Soil Moisture
Retrievals from SMAP with in Situ Observations 247

Thomas J. Jackson, Michael Cosh, and Wade Crow


16. Soil Moisture Retrieval from Microwave (RADARSAT-2) and
Optical Remote Sensing (MODIS) Data Using Artificial Intelligence
Techniques 255

Nasreen Jahan and Thian Yew Gan


17. AMSR-E Soil Moisture Disaggregation Using MODIS and NLDAS
Data 277

Bin Fang and Venkat Lakshmi


18. Assessing Near-Surface Soil Moisture Assimilation Impacts on
Modeled Root-Zone Moisture for an Australian Agricultural Landscape
305

R. C. Pipunic, D. Ryu, and J. P. Walker


19. Assimilation of Satellite Soil Moisture Retrievals into
Hydrologic Model for Improving River Discharge 319

Feyera A. Hirpa, Mekonnen Gebremichael, Thomas M. Hopson, Rafal
Wojick, and Haksu Lee


20. NASA Giovanni: A Tool for Visualizing, Analyzing, and
Intercomparing Soil Moisture Data 331

William Teng, Hualan Rui, Bruce Vollmer, Richard de Jeu, Fan
Fang, Guang-Dih Lei, and Robert Parinussa


Section VI: Groundwater 347


21. Monitoring Aquifer Depletion from Space: Case Studies from
the Saharan and Arabian Aquifers 349

Mohamed Sultan, Mohamed Ahmed, John Wahr, Eugene Yan, and
Mustafa Kemal Emil


22. Dominant Patterns of Water Storage Changes in the Nile Basin
during 2003?2013 367

J. L. Awange, E. Forootan, K. Fleming, and G. Odhiambo


23. Use of Multifrequency Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) to
Support Regional-Scale Groundwater Potential Maps 383

Gregory S. Babonis and Matthew W. Becker


24. Monitoring Subsidence Associated with Groundwater Dynamics
in the Central Valley of California Using Interferometric Radar
397

Tom G. Farr and Zhen Liu


Section VII: Data and Modeling


25. NLDAS Views of North American 2011 Extreme Events 409

Hualan Rui, Bill Teng, Bruce Vollmer, David Mocko, and Guang-Dih
Lei


26. Growth Studies of Mytilus californianus Using Satellite
Surface Temperatures and Chlorophyll Data for Coastal Oregon
427

Jessica R. Price and Venkat Lakshmi


27. Impact of Assimilating Spaceborne Microwave Signals for
Improving Hydrological Prediction in Ungauged Basins 439

Yu Zhang, Yang Hong, Jonathan J. Gourley, Xuguang Wang, G.
Robert Brakenridge, Tom De Groeve, and Humberto Vergara


28. Application of High-Resolution Images from Unmanned Aircraft
Systems for Watershed and Rangeland Science 451

A. Rango, E. R. Vivoni, C. A. Anderson, N. A. Pierini, A.
Schreiner-McGraw, S. Saripalli, A. Slaughter, and A. S.
Laliberte


29. Simulation of Water Balance Components in a Watershed
Located in Central Drainage Basin of Iran 463

Ammar Rafiei Emam, Martin Kappas, and Karim C. Abbaspour


30. Estimating Water Use Efficiency in Bioenergy Ecosystems
Using a Process-Based Model 479

Zhangcai Qin and Qianlai Zhuang


31. Watershed Reanalysis of Water and Carbon Cycle Models at a
Critical Zone Observatory 493

Xuan Yu, Christopher Duffy, Jason Kaye, Wade Crow, Gopal Bhatt,
and Yuning Shi


32. Challenges for Observing and Modeling the Global Water Cycle
511

Kevin E. Trenberth


33. Integrated Assessment System Using Process-Based
Eco-Hydrology Model for Adaptation Strategy and Effective Water
Resources Management 521

Tadanobu Nakayama


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