Multifaceted characteristics of dryland aridity changes in a warming world

X Lian, S Piao, A Chen, C Huntingford, B Fu… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Drylands are an essential component of the Earth System and are among the most
vulnerable to climate change. In this Review, we synthesize observational and modelling …

[HTML][HTML] A roadmap for high-resolution satellite soil moisture applications–confronting product characteristics with user requirements

J Peng, C Albergel, A Balenzano, L Brocca… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

A review of spatial downscaling of satellite remotely sensed soil moisture

J Peng, A Loew, O Merlin… - Reviews of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Modelling the passive microwave signature from land surfaces: A review of recent results and application to the L-band SMOS & SMAP soil moisture retrieval …

JP Wigneron, TJ Jackson, P O'neill… - Remote Sensing of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Two passive microwave missions are currently operating at L-band to monitor surface soil
moisture (SM) over continental surfaces. The SMOS sensor, based on an innovative …

A decade of Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB)—a review

M Hrachowitz, HHG Savenije, G Blöschl… - Hydrological sciences …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The Prediction in Ungauged Basins (PUB) initiative of the International Association
of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), launched in 2003 and concluded by the PUB Symposium …

Historic and projected changes in vapor pressure deficit suggest a continental‐scale drying of the United States atmosphere

DL Ficklin, KA Novick - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Via air temperature increases and relative humidity changes, climate change will modify
vapor pressure deficit (VPD), which is an important determinant of water vapor and CO2 …

Evaluation of the ESA CCI soil moisture product using ground-based observations

WA Dorigo, A Gruber, RAM De Jeu, W Wagner… - Remote Sensing of …, 2015 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Retrievals of soil moisture and vegetation optical depth using a multi-channel collaborative algorithm

T Zhao, J Shi, D Entekhabi, TJ Jackson, L Hu… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the success of the SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) and SMAP (Soil
Moisture Active Passive) missions, new satellite missions are on the horizon. The current …

Radar remote sensing of agricultural canopies: A review

SC Steele-Dunne, H McNairn… - IEEE Journal of …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Observations from spaceborne radar contain considerable information about vegetation
dynamics. The ability to extract this information could lead to improved soil moisture …

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 …