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 …

The ASCAT soil moisture product: A review of its specifications, validation results, and emerging applications

W Wagner, S Hahn, R Kidd, T Melzer… - Meteorologische …, 2013‏ - repositum.tuwien.at
Many physical, chemical and biological processes taking place at the land surface are
strongly influenced by the amount of water stored within the upper soil layers. Therefore …

Evaluation of remotely sensed and reanalysis soil moisture products over the Tibetan Plateau using in-situ observations

J Zeng, Z Li, Q Chen, H Bi, J Qiu, P Zou - Remote Sensing of environment, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Long-term and large-scale remotely sensed and reanalysis soil moisture products of the
Tibetan Plateau are very important for understanding the land–atmosphere interactions in …

Multi-objective calibration of a hydrologic model using spatially distributed remotely sensed/in-situ soil moisture

MA Rajib, V Merwade, Z Yu - Journal of hydrology, 2016‏ - Elsevier
The objective of this study is to evaluate the relative potential of spatially distributed surface
and root zone soil moisture estimates in calibration of Soil and Water Assessment Tool …

Assimilation of surface-and root-zone ASCAT soil moisture products into rainfall–runoff modeling

L Brocca, T Moramarco, F Melone… - … on Geoscience and …, 2011‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nowadays, the availability of soil moisture estimates from satellite sensors offers a great
chance to improve real-time flood forecasting through data assimilation. In this paper, two …

[HTML][HTML] Data assimilation of satellite soil moisture into rainfall-runoff modelling: A complex recipe?

C Massari, L Brocca, A Tarpanelli, T Moramarco - Remote Sensing, 2015‏ - mdpi.com
Data assimilation (DA) of satellite soil moisture (SM) observations represents a great
opportunity for improving the ability of rainfall-runoff models in predicting river discharges …

A physically based approach for the estimation of root-zone soil moisture from surface measurements

S Manfreda, L Brocca, T Moramarco… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2014‏ - hess.copernicus.org
In the present work, we developed a new formulation for the estimation of the soil moisture in
the root zone based on the measured value of soil moisture at the surface. It was derived …

[PDF][PDF] Rainfall estimation from in situ soil moisture observations at several sites in Europe: an evaluation of the SM2RAIN algorithm

L Brocca, C Massari, L Ciabatta… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2015‏ - sciendo.com
Rain gauges, weather radars, satellite sensors and modelled data from weather centres are
used operationally for estimating the spatial-temporal variability of rainfall. However, the …

The soil moisture data bank: The ground-based, model-based, and satellite-based soil moisture data

A Tavakol, KR McDonough, V Rahmani… - Remote Sensing …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Soil moisture is a critical component of the climate system due to the link it provides between
atmospheric and terrestrial energy, water, and carbon cycles. A better understanding of …

Using globally available soil moisture indicators for flood modelling in Mediterranean catchments

C Massari, L Brocca, S Barbetta… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2014‏ - hess.copernicus.org
Floods are one of the most dangerous natural hazards in Mediterranean regions. Flood
forecasting tools and early warning systems can be very beneficial to reducing flood risk …