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 …

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 …

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 …

In just the past 5 years, the field of Earth observation has progressed beyond the offerings of
conventional space-agency-based platforms to include a plethora of sensing opportunities …

This paper quantifies the relationship between forward scattered L‐band Global Navigation
Satellite System (GNSS) signals, recorded by the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite …

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 …

Global-scale surface soil moisture products are currently available from multiple remote
sensing platforms. Footprint-scale assessments of these products are generally restricted to …

Critical to the reliable application of gridded soil moisture products is a thorough assessment
of their quality at spatially compatible scales. While previous studies have attempted to …

Accurate estimation of global evapotranspiration (ET) is essential to understand water cycle
and land-atmosphere feedbacks in the Earth system. Satellite-driven ET models provide …

Abstract The OPtical TRApezoid Model (OPTRAM) has recently been proposed for
estimation of soil moisture using only optical remote sensing data. The model relies on a …