Abstract: A novel method is introduced for integrating satellite-derived irrigation data and high-resolution crop-type information into a land surface model (LSM). The objective is to improve the simulation of land surface states ...

Abstract: This paper describes a comprehensive assessment of a new high-resolution, gauge?satellite-based analysis of daily precipitation over continental South America during 2004. This methodology is based on a combination of ...

Abstract: The definition and derivation of a 5-yr, 0.125°, 3-hourly atmospheric forcing dataset that is appropriate for use in a Land Data Assimilation System operating across South America is described. Because surface observations ...

Abstract: uring approximately 80% of its growing season, lowland flooded irrigated rice ecosystems in southern Brazil are kept within a 5?10-cm water layer. These anaerobic conditions have an influence on the partitioning of the ...