Ground, proximal, and satellite remote sensing of soil moisture

E Babaeian, M Sadeghi, SB Jones… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Recent developments and applications of the HYDRUS computer software packages

J Šimůnek, MT Van Genuchten… - Vadose Zone …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The HYDRUS-1D and HYDRUS (2D/3D) computer software packages are widely
used finite-element models for simulating the one-and two-or three-dimensional movement …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

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 …

Footprint characteristics revised for field‐scale soil moisture monitoring with cosmic‐ray neutrons

M Köhli, M Schrön, M Zreda, U Schmidt… - Water Resources …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Cosmic‐ray neutron probes are widely used to monitor environmental water content near
the surface. The method averages over tens of hectares and is unrivaled in serving …

COSMOS: The cosmic-ray soil moisture observing system

M Zreda, WJ Shuttleworth, X Zeng… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2012 - hess.copernicus.org
The newly-developed cosmic-ray method for measuring area-average soil moisture at the
hectometer horizontal scale is being implemented in the COsmic-ray Soil Moisture …

Accuracy of the cosmic‐ray soil water content probe in humid forest ecosystems: The worst case scenario

HR Bogena, JA Huisman, R Baatz… - Water Resources …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Soil water content is one of the key state variables in the soil‐vegetation‐atmosphere
continuum due to its important role in the exchange of water and energy at the soil surface. A …

Improving calibration and validation of cosmic-ray neutron sensors in the light of spatial sensitivity

M Schrön, M Köhli, L Scheiffele, J Iwema… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2017 - hess.copernicus.org
In the last few years the method of cosmic-ray neutron sensing (CRNS) has gained
popularity among hydrologists, physicists, and land-surface modelers. The sensor provides …

Calibration and correction procedures for cosmic‐ray neutron soil moisture probes located across Australia

A Hawdon, D McJannet… - Water Resources Research, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The cosmic‐ray probe (CRP) provides continuous estimates of soil moisture over an area
of∼ 30 ha by counting fast neutrons produced from cosmic rays which are predominantly …

An empirical vegetation correction for soil water content quantification using cosmic ray probes

R Baatz, HR Bogena… - Water Resources …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Cosmic ray probes are an emerging technology to continuously monitor soil water content at
a scale significant to land surface processes. However, the application of this method is …