The International Soil Moisture Network: serving Earth system science for over a decade

W Dorigo, I Himmelbauer, D Aberer… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2021 - hess.copernicus.org
In 2009, the International Soil Moisture Network (ISMN) was initiated as a community effort,
funded by the European Space Agency, to serve as a centralised data hosting facility for …

Permafrost monitoring from space

A Bartsch, T Strozzi, I Nitze - Surveys in Geophysics, 2023 - Springer
Permafrost is a sub-ground phenomenon and therefore cannot be directly observed from
space. It is an Essential Climate Variable and associated with climate tip** points. Multi …

The future of Earth observation in hydrology

MF McCabe, M Rodell, DE Alsdorf… - Hydrology and earth …, 2017 - hess.copernicus.org
In just the past 5 years, the field of Earth observation has progressed beyond the offerings of
conventional space-agency-based platforms to include a plethora of sensing opportunities …

Retrieving landscape freeze/thaw state from Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) radar and radiometer measurements

C Derksen, X Xu, RS Dunbar, A Colliander… - Remote Sensing of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Over one-third of the global land area undergoes a seasonal transition between
predominantly frozen and non-frozen conditions each year, with the land surface …

Use of a new Tibetan Plateau network for permafrost to characterize satellite-based products errors: An application to soil moisture and freeze/thaw

J Zheng, T Zhao, H Lü, D Zou… - Remote Sensing of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Two basic properties of soil moisture, namely water content and its phase status
(freeze/thaw, referred to as F/T), strongly influence the pattern and efficiency of water and …

Space‐based observations for understanding changes in the arctic‐boreal zone

BN Duncan, LE Ott, JB Abshire, L Brucker… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Observations taken over the last few decades indicate that dramatic changes are occurring
in the Arctic‐Boreal Zone (ABZ), which are having significant impacts on ABZ inhabitants …

What conditions favor the influence of seasonally frozen ground on hydrological partitioning? A systematic review

P Ala-Aho, A Autio, J Bhattacharjee… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The influence of seasonally frozen ground (SFG) on water, energy, and solute fluxes is
important in cold climate regions. The hydrological role of permafrost is now being actively …

Remote sensing spatiotemporal patterns of frozen soil and the environmental controls over the Tibetan Plateau during 2002–2016

G Zheng, Y Yang, D Yang, B Dafflon, Y Yi… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The changing climate is affecting the frozen soil at an unprecedented rate across the
Northern Hemisphere. However, due to sparse ground measurements, the changes of …

Sampling depth of L-band radiometer measurements of soil moisture and freeze-thaw dynamics on the Tibetan Plateau

D Zheng, X Li, X Wang, Z Wang, J Wen… - Remote sensing of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Knowing the exact sampling depth of microwave radiometry is essential for quantifying the
performance and appreciation of the applicability of satellite soil moisture products. We …

ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission: From science to operational applications

S Mecklenburg, M Drusch, L Kaleschke… - Remote Sensing of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission, launched in November
2009, is the European Space Agency's (ESA) second Earth Explorer Opportunity mission …