The International Soil Moisture Network: serving Earth system science for over a decade

W Dorigo, I Himmelbauer, D Aberer… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2021 - hess.copernicus.org
In 2009, the International Soil Moisture Network (ISMN) was initiated as a community effort,
funded by the European Space Agency, to serve as a centralised data hosting facility for …

Assessing the perspectives of ground penetrating radar for precision farming

F Lombardi, B Ortuani, A Facchi, M Lualdi - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development highlighted the importance
of adopting sustainable agricultural practices to mitigate the threat posed by climate change …

Dielectric properties of water in charged nanopores

TR Underwood, IC Bourg - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this study, we examine the spectral dielectric properties of liquid water in charged
nanopores over a wide range of frequencies (0.3 GHz to 30 THz) and pore widths (0.3 to 5 …

Soil moisture retrieval depth of P-and L-band radiometry: Predictions and observations

X Shen, JP Walker, N Ye, X Wu… - … on Geoscience and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The moisture retrieval depth is commonly held to be the approximately top 5 cm at L-band (~
21-cm wavelength/1.41 GHz), which is seen as a limitation for hydrological applications. A …

[HTML][HTML] Dielectric models for moisture determination of soils with variable organic matter content

A Szypłowska, A Lewandowski, S Yagihara, H Saito… - Geoderma, 2021 - Elsevier
An accurate calibration function relating soil dielectric permittivity to its volumetric water
content is essential for reliable measurements of soil moisture with the use of dielectric …

[PDF][PDF] Soil moisture product validation good practices protocol

C Montzka, M Cosh, J Nickeson, F Camacho, B Bayat… - 2021 - ntrs.nasa.gov
The role of soil moisture in the water, energy and carbon cycle of the Earth cannot be
understated. Soil moisture has a major impact on agriculture, land surface hydrology …

Dielectric spectroscopy and application of mixing models describing dielectric dispersion in clay minerals and clayey soils

JD González-Teruel, SB Jones, F Soto-Valles… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
The number of sensors, ground-based and remote, exploiting the relationship between soil
dielectric response and soil water content continues to grow. Empirical expressions for this …

Cost-effective soil carbon sensing with wi-fi and optical signals

J Ding, R Chandra, R Lal, L Tassiulas - Proceedings of the 30th Annual …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Soil carbon is a critical factor in maintaining soil health and combating climate change.
Understanding and managing soil carbon levels is essential for sustainable agriculture and …

[HTML][HTML] Characterizing the accuracy of satellite-based products to detect soil moisture at the global scale

X Min, D Li, YL Shangguan, S Tian, Z Shi - Geoderma, 2023 - Elsevier
Satellite-based soil moisture (SM) products exhibit distinct error patterns at various
timescales. Knowledge of their accuracy characteristics for capturing different SM signals is …

[HTML][HTML] Coupled hydrologic-electromagnetic framework to model permafrost active layer organic soil dielectric properties

K Bakian-Dogaheh, Y Zhao, JS Kimball… - Remote Sensing of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Arctic permafrost soils contain a vast reservoir of soil organic carbon (SOC) vulnerable to
increasing mobilization and decomposition from polar warming and permafrost thaw. How …