Evaluating the sensitivity of modeled surface soil moisture and microwave brightness temperature to soil profile layering schemes

Peter J Shellito1, Joseph A Santanello Jr2, Sujay V Kumar3, Patricia Lawston3,4, Michael H Cosh5 and John D Bolten6, (1)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (2)NASA, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, MD, United States, (5)U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD, United States, (6)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States