Long term observation of soil moisture by the in situ stations and AMSR/AMSR2 a 1.1º by 1.1º study area on the Mongolian Plateau since 2001

Ichirow Kaihotsu1, Jun Asanuma2, Kentaro Aida2, Hideyuki Fujii3, Dambaravjaa Oyunbaatar4 and Toshio Koike5, (1)Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan, (2)University of Tsukuba, Center for Research Isotopes and Environment Dynamics, Tsukuba, Japan, (3)RESTEC Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, (4)Research and Information Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology, and Environment, Hydrology Section, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, (5)University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan