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 …

Timely and accurate estimation of crop yield before harvest to allow crop yields
management decision-making at a regional scale is crucial for national food policy and …

Satellite based remote sensing offers one of the few approaches able to monitor the spatial
and temporal development of regional to continental scale droughts. A unique element of …

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

This review surveys current and emerging drought monitoring approaches using satellite
remote sensing observations from climatological and ecosystem perspectives. We argue …

Food insecurity early warning can provide time to mitigate unfolding crises; however,
drought remains a large source of uncertainty. The challenge is to filter unclear or conflicting …

Accurate estimates of root zone soil moisture (RZSM) at relevant spatio-temporal scales are
essential for many agricultural and hydrological applications. Applications of machine …

Observations from spaceborne radar contain considerable information about vegetation
dynamics. The ability to extract this information could lead to improved soil moisture …

Soil respiration (R s) represents the largest flux of CO2 from terrestrial ecosystems to the
atmosphere, but its spatial and temporal changes as well as the driving forces are not well …

Crop phenology provides essential information for monitoring and modeling land surface
phenology dynamics and crop management and production. Most previous studies mainly …