Advances in soil moisture retrieval from synthetic aperture radar and hydrological applications

KC Kornelsen, P Coulibaly - Journal of Hydrology, 2013 - Elsevier
The sensitivity of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) to soil moisture is well established,
however, the retrieval of soil moisture from SAR is confounded by the effects of surface …

Soil moisture retrieval from active spaceborne microwave observations: An evaluation of current techniques

BW Barrett, E Dwyer, P Whelan - Remote Sensing, 2009 - mdpi.com
The importance of land surface-atmosphere interactions, principally the effects of soil
moisture, on hydrological, meteorological, and ecological processes has gained widespread …

A simple surface conductance model to estimate regional evaporation using MODIS leaf area index and the Penman‐Monteith equation

R Leuning, YQ Zhang, A Rajaud… - Water Resources …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We introduce a simple biophysical model for surface conductance, Gs, for use with remotely
sensed leaf area index (Lai) data and the Penman‐Monteith (PM) equation to calculate daily …

Global-scale evaluation of two satellite-based passive microwave soil moisture datasets (SMOS and AMSR-E) with respect to Land Data Assimilation System …

A Al-Yaari, JP Wigneron, A Ducharne, Y Kerr… - Remote Sensing of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Global Level-3 surface soil moisture (SM) maps derived from the passive microwave SMOS
(Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) observations at L-band have recently been released. In …

Estimating volumetric surface moisture content for cropped soils using a soil wetness index based on surface temperature and NDVI

K Mallick, BK Bhattacharya, NK Patel - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2009 - Elsevier
Surface soil wetness determines moisture availability that controls the response and
feedback mechanisms between land surface and atmospheric processes. A study was …

Validation of the SMOS L2 soil moisture data in the REMEDHUS network (Spain)

N Sanchez, J Martínez-Fernández… - … on Geoscience and …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Level 2 soil moisture products from the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS)
mission have been re-leased. The data must be validated under different scenarios of …

Watershed scale temporal stability of soil water content

W Hu, M Shao, F Han, K Reichardt, J Tan - Geoderma, 2010 - Elsevier
The recognition of temporally stable locations with respect to soil water content is of
importance for soil water management decisions, especially in sloping land of watersheds …

Hysteresis of soil moisture spatial heterogeneity and the “homogenizing” effect of vegetation

VY Ivanov, S Fatichi, GD Jenerette… - Water Resources …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
By partitioning mass and energy fluxes, soil moisture exerts a fundamental control on basin
hydrological response. Using the design characteristics of the Biosphere 2 hillslope …

Validation analysis of SMAP and AMSR2 soil moisture products over the United States using ground-based measurements

X Zhang, T Zhang, P Zhou, Y Shao, S Gao - Remote Sensing, 2017 - mdpi.com
Soil moisture products acquired from passive satellite missions have been widely applied in
environmental processes. A primary challenge for the use of soil moisture products from …

Seasonal and interannual relations between precipitation, surface soil moisture and vegetation dynamics in the North American monsoon region

LA Méndez-Barroso, ER Vivoni, CJ Watts… - Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
The North American monsoon (NAM) region in northwestern Mexico is characterized by
seasonal precipitation during the summer that leads to a major shift in ecosystem processes …