Assimilating SMAP-based Soil Moisture Products into EPIC Crop Model for Improved Simulation of Surface and Subsurface Soil Moisture

Rohit Nandan, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, Varaprasad Bandaru, USDA-ARS, Maricopa, United States, Michael Cosh, USDA ARS, Baltimore, United States, Sandeep Naga, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, United States, Pradeep Wagle, USDA-ARS Grazinglands Research Laboratory, El Reno, United States, Nicanor Saliendra, USDA Agriculture Research Service, Mandahn, United States, Mark A Liebig, USDA-ARS NGPRL, Mandan, United States, Curtis Dinneen Jones, University of Maryland College Park, geographical sciences, College Park, MD, United States, Rajat Bindlish, Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research, Greenbelt, United States, Kelly Thorp, US Department of Agriculture, U.S. ALARC Maricopa, AZ, Beltsville, MD, United States and Christopher Owen Justice, University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, United States