Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net 1812-2108 1812-2116 6 5 2009 10.5194/hessd-6-6247-2009 http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/6/6247/2009/ http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/6/6247/2009/hessd-6-6247-2009.html http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/6/6247/2009/hessd-6-6247-2009.pdf 6247 6264 2009-10-05 Technical Note: Comparing and ranking soil-moisture indices performance over Europe, through remote-sensing of vegetation E. Peled E. Dutra P. Viterbo A. Angert angert@huji.ac.il The Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel IDL, CGUL, Univ. of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal Institute of Meteorology, Lisbon, Portugal Climate change induces long-term changes in soil-moisture. These changes can have important effects on the terrestrial biosphere, which can feedback into the climate system. 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