Studying Soil Moisture and Temperature on the Tibetan Plateau: Initial Results of an Integrated, Multiscale Observatory

作者：Lixin Dong, Shihao Tang, Michael H. Cosh, Ping Zhao, Pinting Lu, Zhou Kanshe, Shuai Han, Min Min, Na Xu, Lin Chen, Fu Wang · 发表于：IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine · 年份：2020 · DOI：10.1109/mgrs.2019.2924678 · 被引用次数：4 · 研究领域：Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing、Climate change and permafrost、Cryospheric studies and observations

Scarce in situ data in the western and central Tibetan Plateau (TP) hinder scientific research on physical process representation in climate models. Satellite remote sensing and climate models are effective data sources in complex topography and harsh environments, but they have not been effectively validated or improved for lack of multiscale observations matching their pixel or grid scales. Therefore, it is necessary to develop an integrated, multiscale observatory. With the support of the Third Tibetan Plateau Atmospheric Scientific Experiment (TIPEX-III), a satellite pixel-oriented TP Integrated MultiScale Moisture and Temperature Observatory (TP-IMSO) was initiated to obtain a long-term, multiscale soil temperature and moisture data set that integrates site point, regional line, and spatial surface observation designs.