Remote Sensing of the Terrestrial Water Cycle

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 Index 537