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 …

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 …

Satellite remote sensing technology has been widely used to estimate surface soil moisture.
Numerous efforts have been devoted to develop global soil moisture products. However …

In this study we evaluate the skill of a new, merged soil moisture product (ECV_SM) that has
been developed in the framework of the European Space Agency's Water Cycle Multi …

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP)
mission has been validating its soil moisture (SM) products since the start of data production …

In this paper, we review the state of the art of characterizing and analyzing spatio-temporal
dynamics of soil moisture content at the field scale. We discuss measurement techniques …

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 …

Abstract The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite (SMOS) was launched in November
2009 and started delivering data in January 2010. The commissioning phase ended in May …

A Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) has been developed. Its purpose is to
ingest satellite-and ground-based observational data products, using advanced land surface …

The maintenance of elevated soil moisture is an important ecosystem service of the natural
ecosystems. Understanding the patterns of soil moisture distribution is useful to a wide …