Upscaling hydraulic properties and soil water flow processes in heterogeneous soils: A review

H Vereecken, R Kasteel, J Vanderborght… - Vadose Zone …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
This review covers, in a comprehensive manner, the approaches available in the literature to
upscale soil water processes and hydraulic parameters in the vadose zone. We distinguish …

Temporal stability of soil water contents: A review of data and analyses

K Vanderlinden, H Vereecken, H Hardelauf… - Vadose Zone …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Temporal stability (TS) of soil water content (SWC) has been observed throughout a wide
range of spatial and temporal scales. Yet, the evidence with respect to the controlling factors …

On the spatio-temporal dynamics of soil moisture at the field scale

H Vereecken, JA Huisman, Y Pachepsky, C Montzka… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
In this paper, we review the state of the art of characterizing and analyzing spatio-temporal
dynamics of soil moisture content at the field scale. We discuss measurement techniques …

Soil moisture experiment in the Luan River supporting new satellite mission opportunities

T Zhao, J Shi, L Lv, H Xu, D Chen, Q Cui… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Soil Moisture Experiment in the Luan River (SMELR) was conducted from 2017
to 2018 in the semi-arid Luan River watershed located in the North of China. One of the …

Multi-layer high-resolution soil moisture estimation using machine learning over the United States

L Karthikeyan, AK Mishra - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The lack of proper understanding of multi-layer soil moisture (SM) profile (signals) remains a
persistent challenge in sustainable agricultural water management and food security …

Soil moisture for hydrological applications: Open questions and new opportunities

L Brocca, L Ciabatta, C Massari, S Camici, A Tarpanelli - Water, 2017 - mdpi.com
Soil moisture is widely recognized as a key parameter in the mass and energy balance
between the land surface and the atmosphere and, hence, the potential societal benefits of …

Field observations of soil moisture variability across scales

JS Famiglietti, D Ryu, AA Berg… - Water Resources …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, over 36,000 ground‐based soil moisture measurements collected during the
SGP97, SGP99, SMEX02, and SMEX03 field campaigns were analyzed to characterize the …

Performance metrics for soil moisture retrievals and application requirements

D Entekhabi, RH Reichle, RD Koster… - Journal of …, 2010 - journals.ametsoc.org
Quadratic performance metrics such as root-mean-square error (RMSE) and time series
correlation are often used to assess the accuracy of geophysical retrievals (satellite …

Spatial‐temporal variability of soil moisture and its estimation across scales

L Brocca, F Melone, T Moramarco… - Water Resources …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The soil moisture is a quantity of paramount importance in the study of hydrologic
phenomena and soil‐atmosphere interaction. Because of its high spatial and temporal …

The soil moisture active passive validation experiment 2012 (SMAPVEX12): Prelaunch calibration and validation of the SMAP soil moisture algorithms

H McNairn, TJ Jackson, G Wiseman… - … on Geoscience and …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Soil Moisture Active Passive
(SMAP) satellite is scheduled for launch in January 2015. In order to develop robust soil …