Soils constitute one of the most critical natural resources and maintaining their health is vital
for agricultural development and ecological sustainability, providing many essential …

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 …

Land use policies have turned southern China into one of the most intensively managed
forest regions in the world, with actions maximizing forest cover on soils with marginal …

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 …

Passive microwave remote sensing observations at L-band provide key and global
information on surface soil moisture and vegetation water content, which are related to the …

Water resources management (WRM) for sustainable development presents many
challenges in areas with sparse in situ monitoring networks. The exponential growth of …

Abstract Climate Data Records of soil moisture are fundamental for improving our
understanding of long-term dynamics in the coupled water, energy, and carbon cycles over …

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 …

Abstract Information about the spatiotemporal variability of soil moisture is critical for many
purposes, including monitoring of hydrologic extremes, irrigation scheduling, and prediction …

Crop monitoring is of great importance for eg, yield prediction and increasing water use
efficiency. The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission operated by the European Space Agency …