Hu et al. (2026) SM-RDC: A Three-Step Downscaling Framework for Daily 1-km Seamless SMAP Product Generation Over the Tibetan Plateau

Identification

• Journal: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
• Year: 2026
• Date: 2026-01-01
• Authors: Jingxin Hu, Jifu Du, Guoying Yin, Wei He, Xiong Xu
• DOI: 10.1109/jstars.2026.3659926

Research Groups

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Short Summary

This paper introduces SM-RDC, a three-step downscaling framework developed to generate a daily 1-kilometer seamless Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) product specifically for the Tibetan Plateau.

Objective

• To develop and apply a three-step downscaling framework (SM-RDC) for generating a daily 1-kilometer seamless Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) product over the Tibetan Plateau.

Study Configuration

• Spatial Scale: 1 kilometer resolution, covering the Tibetan Plateau.
• Temporal Scale: Daily.

Methodology and Data

• Models used: SM-RDC (a three-step downscaling framework).
• Data sources: Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite product (likely coarser resolution SMAP data as input for downscaling).

Main Results

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Contributions

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Funding

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Citation

@article{Hu2026SMRDC,
  author = {Hu, Jingxin and Du, Jifu and Yin, Guoying and He, Wei and Xu, Xiong},
  title = {SM-RDC: A Three-Step Downscaling Framework for Daily 1-km Seamless SMAP Product Generation Over the Tibetan Plateau},
  journal = {IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1109/jstars.2026.3659926},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/jstars.2026.3659926}
}