Soil moisture observations are of broad scientific interest and practical value for a wide
range of applications. The scientific community has made significant progress in estimating …

Soil moisture (SM) is a key hydrologic state variable that is of significant importance for
numerous Earth and environmental science applications that directly impact the global …

The European Space Agency's Climate Change Initiative for Soil Moisture (ESA CCI SM)
merging algorithm generates consistent quality-controlled long-term (1978–2018) climate …

The Global Land Evaporation Amsterdam Model (GLEAM) is a set of algorithms dedicated to
the estimation of terrestrial evaporation and root-zone soil moisture from satellite data. Ever …

Abstract Climate Data Records of soil moisture are fundamental for improving our
understanding of long-term dynamics in the coupled water, energy, and carbon cycles over …

This paper presents a community effort to develop good practice guidelines for the validation
of global coarse-scale satellite soil moisture products. We provide theoretical background, a …

Abstract Information about the spatiotemporal variability of soil moisture is critical for many
purposes, including monitoring of hydrologic extremes, irrigation scheduling, and prediction …

Comprehensive assessments on the reliability of remotely sensed soil moisture products are
undeniably essential for their advancement and application. With the establishment of …

We propose a method for merging soil moisture retrievals from spaceborne active and
passive microwave instruments based on weighted averaging taking into account the error …

Core Ideas Satellites, particularly at L‐band frequency, can globally map near‐surface soil
moisture. Near‐surface moisture is extended to the root zone using models and data …