Challenges and benefits of quantifying irrigation through the assimilation of Sentinel-1 backscatter observations into Noah-MP

<p>In recent years, the amount of water used for agricultural purposes has been rising due to an increase in food demand. However, anthropogenic water usage, such as for irrigation, is still not or poorly parameterized in regional- and larger-scale land surface models (LSMs). By contrast, sate...

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Main Authors: S. Modanesi, C. Massari, M. Bechtold, H. Lievens, A. Tarpanelli, L. Brocca, L. Zappa, G. J. M. De Lannoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2022-09-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/26/4685/2022/hess-26-4685-2022.pdf