Soil moisture retrieval from remote sensing measurements: Current knowledge and directions for the future

ZL Li, P Leng, C Zhou, KS Chen, FC Zhou… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil moisture (SM) is an essential parameter for understanding the interactions and
feedbacks between the atmosphere and the Earth's surface through energy and water …

Multi-sensor remote sensing for drought characterization: current status, opportunities and a roadmap for the future

W Jiao, L Wang, MF McCabe - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Satellite based remote sensing offers one of the few approaches able to monitor the spatial
and temporal development of regional to continental scale droughts. A unique element of …

The role of space-based observations for groundwater resource monitoring over Africa

A Springer, T Lopez, M Owor, F Frappart… - Surveys in Geophysics, 2023 - Springer
Africa is particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts, which threatens food security,
ecosystem protection and restoration initiatives, and fresh water resources availability and …

Generating surface soil moisture at 30 m spatial resolution using both data fusion and machine learning toward better water resources management at the field scale

AS Abowarda, L Bai, C Zhang, D Long, X Li… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil moisture has a considerable impact on the hydrological cycle, runoff generation,
drought development, and water resources management. Soil moisture products provided …

Multi-layer high-resolution soil moisture estimation using machine learning over the United States

L Karthikeyan, AK Mishra - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The lack of proper understanding of multi-layer soil moisture (SM) profile (signals) remains a
persistent challenge in sustainable agricultural water management and food security …

[HTML][HTML] A 1 km daily soil moisture dataset over China using in situ measurement and machine learning

Q Li, G Shi, W Shangguan, V Nourani… - Earth System …, 2022 - essd.copernicus.org
High-quality gridded soil moisture products are essential for many Earth system science
applications, while the recent reanalysis and remote sensing soil moisture data are often …

A first assessment of satellite and reanalysis estimates of surface and root-zone soil moisture over the permafrost region of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Z Xing, L Fan, L Zhao, G De Lannoy, F Frappart… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Long-term and high-quality surface soil moisture (SSM) and root-zone soil moisture (RZSM)
data is crucial for understanding the land-atmosphere interactions of the Qinghai-Tibet …

Remotely sensed soil moisture can capture dynamics relevant to plant water uptake

AF Feldman, DJ Short Gianotti, J Dong… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A frequently expressed viewpoint across the Earth science community is that global soil
moisture estimates from satellite L‐band (1.4 GHz) measurements represent moisture only …

Evaluation of satellite and reanalysis estimates of surface and root-zone soil moisture in croplands of Jiangsu Province, China

L Fan, Z Xing, G De Lannoy, F Frappart, J Peng… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
High-quality and long-term surface soil moisture (SSM) and root-zone soil moisture (RZSM)
data are critical for agricultural water management of Jiangsu province, which is a major …

Sentinel-1 soil moisture at 1 km resolution: a validation study

A Balenzano, F Mattia, G Satalino, FP Lovergine… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study presents an assessment of a pre-operational soil moisture product at 1 km
resolution derived from satellite data acquired by the European Radar Observatory Sentinel …