Investigating soil moisture–climate interactions in a changing climate: A review

SI Seneviratne, T Corti, EL Davin, M Hirschi… - Earth-Science …, 2010 - Elsevier
Soil moisture is a key variable of the climate system. It constrains plant transpiration and
photosynthesis in several regions of the world, with consequent impacts on the water …

On the value of soil moisture measurements in vadose zone hydrology: A review

H Vereecken, JA Huisman, H Bogena… - Water resources …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We explore and review the value of soil moisture measurements in vadose zone hydrology
with a focus on the field and catchment scales. This review is motivated by the increasing …

The International Soil Moisture Network: a data hosting facility for global in situ soil moisture measurements

WA Dorigo, W Wagner, R Hohensinn… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2011 - hess.copernicus.org
In situ measurements of soil moisture are invaluable for calibrating and validating land
surface models and satellite-based soil moisture retrievals. In addition, long-term time series …

Soil moisture measuring techniques and factors affecting the moisture dynamics: A comprehensive review

MW Rasheed, J Tang, A Sarwar, S Shah, N Saddique… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The amount of surface soil moisture (SSM) is a crucial ecohydrological natural resource that
regulates important land surface processes. It affects critical land–atmospheric phenomena …

Performance metrics for soil moisture retrievals and application requirements

D Entekhabi, RH Reichle, RD Koster… - Journal of …, 2010 - journals.ametsoc.org
Quadratic performance metrics such as root-mean-square error (RMSE) and time series
correlation are often used to assess the accuracy of geophysical retrievals (satellite …

Soil moisture spatial variability in experimental areas of central Italy

L Brocca, R Morbidelli, F Melone, T Moramarco - Journal of Hydrology, 2007 - Elsevier
The knowledge of soil moisture spatial variability is an important issue for hydrological and
climatic studies. This paper investigates the soil moisture spatial pattern obtained from spot …

Assessment of evapotranspiration and soil moisture content across different scales of observation

WW Verstraeten, F Veroustraete, J Feyen - Sensors, 2008 - mdpi.com
The proper assessment of evapotranspiration and soil moisture content are fundamental in
food security research, land management, pollution detection, nutrient flows,(wild-) fire …

Soil moisture temporal stability over experimental areas in Central Italy

L Brocca, F Melone, T Moramarco, R Morbidelli - Geoderma, 2009 - Elsevier
The knowledge of the near-surface soil moisture spatio-temporal pattern is an important
issue for hydrological and climatic studies. Because of its high spatial and temporal …

Soil moisture from operational meteorological satellites

W Wagner, V Naeimi, K Scipal, R De Jeu… - Hydrogeology …, 2007 - Springer
In recent years, unforeseen advances in monitoring soil moisture from operational satellite
platforms have been made, mainly due to improved geophysical retrieval methods. In this …

Soil moisture temporal stability at different depths on two alpine hillslopes during wet and dry periods

D Penna, L Brocca, M Borga, G Dalla Fontana - Journal of hydrology, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the temporal stability of near-surface soil moisture at various depths
at the hillslope scale. Detailed soil water content data were acquired at 0–6cm, 0–12cm and …