The monitoring of soil moisture and sea surface salinity over the Earth has been profoundly
enhanced during the last thirteen years due to a new generation of satellite sensors. L-band …

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 …

The transition of evapotranspiration between energy‐and water‐limitation regimes also
denotes a nonlinear change in surface water and energy coupling strength. The regime …

Soil moisture is an essential climate variable of the Earth system. Understanding its
spatiotemporal dynamics is essential for predicting weather patterns and climate variability …

Plant water content observations using microwave remote sensing measurements allow
monitoring of landscape‐scale plant water stress. During soil drying following rainfall events …

Although the interactions between soil moisture (SM) and vegetation dynamics have been
extensively investigated, most of previous findings are derived from satellite-observed …

Persistent deficits in meteorological, hydrological and ecological variables define different
types of drought that are often linked together in a cascade. The drought cascade is an …

The surface water and energy balances can be coupled or uncoupled depending on
whether the evaporation regime is water‐limited or energy‐limited. As the landscape loses …

Climate variability and change shift environmental conditions on global land surfaces,
creating uncertainties in predicting hydrologic flows, crop yields, and land carbon uptake …

Passive microwave radiometry from space through missions such as the Soil Moisture and
Ocean Salinity (SMOS) and Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellites is the most …