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 …

Toward impact-based monitoring of drought and its cascading hazards

A AghaKouchak, LS Huning, M Sadegh, Y Qin… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Growth in satellite observations and modelling capabilities has transformed drought
monitoring, offering near-real-time information. However, current monitoring efforts focus on …

[HTML][HTML] A roadmap for high-resolution satellite soil moisture applications–confronting product characteristics with user requirements

J Peng, C Albergel, A Balenzano, L Brocca… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of 18 satellite-and model-based soil moisture products using in situ measurements from 826 sensors

HE Beck, M Pan, DG Miralles… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2021 - hess.copernicus.org
Abstract Information about the spatiotemporal variability of soil moisture is critical for many
purposes, including monitoring of hydrologic extremes, irrigation scheduling, and prediction …

A review of GNSS/GPS in hydrogeodesy: Hydrologic loading applications and their implications for water resource research

AM White, WP Gardner, AA Borsa… - Water Resources …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogeodesy, a relatively new field within the earth sciences, is the analysis of the
distribution and movement of terrestrial water at Earth's surface using measurements of …

The SMAP and Copernicus Sentinel 1A/B microwave active-passive high resolution surface soil moisture product

NN Das, D Entekhabi, RS Dunbar, MJ Chaubell… - Remote Sensing of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission of NASA was launched in January
2015. Currently, SMAP has an L-band radiometer and a defunct L-band radar with a rotating …

Soil moisture sensing using spaceborne GNSS reflections: Comparison of CYGNSS reflectivity to SMAP soil moisture

CC Chew, EE Small - Geophysical Research Letters, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This paper quantifies the relationship between forward scattered L‐band Global Navigation
Satellite System (GNSS) signals, recorded by the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite …

Surface soil moisture from combined active and passive microwave observations: Integrating ASCAT and SMAP observations based on machine learning approaches

H Ma, J Zeng, X Zhang, J Peng, X Li, P Fu… - Remote Sensing of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The fusion of active and passive microwave measurements is expected to provide more
robust surface soil moisture (SSM) map** across various environmental conditions …

Validation of soil moisture data products from the NASA SMAP mission

A Colliander, RH Reichle, WT Crow… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP)
mission has been validating its soil moisture (SM) products since the start of data production …

Our skill in modeling mountain rain and snow is bypassing the skill of our observational networks

J Lundquist, MR Abel, E Gutmann… - Bulletin of the …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
In mountain terrain, well-configured high-resolution atmospheric models are able to simulate
total annual rain and snowfall better than spatial estimates derived from in situ observational …