[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 …

State of the art in large‐scale soil moisture monitoring

TE Ochsner, MH Cosh, RH Cuenca… - Soil Science Society …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Soil moisture is an essential climate variable influencing land–atmosphere interactions, an
essential hydrologic variable impacting rainfall–runoff processes, an essential ecological …

[HTML][HTML] ERA5-Land: A state-of-the-art global reanalysis dataset for land applications

J Muñoz-Sabater, E Dutra… - … system science data, 2021 - essd.copernicus.org
Abstract Framed within the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) of the European
Commission, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is …

The ERA5 global reanalysis

H Hersbach, B Bell, P Berrisford… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Within the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF is producing the
ERA5 reanalysis which, once completed, will embody a detailed record of the global …

ESA CCI Soil Moisture for improved Earth system understanding: State-of-the art and future directions

W Dorigo, W Wagner, C Albergel, F Albrecht… - Remote Sensing of …, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

IMDAA: High-resolution satellite-era reanalysis for the Indian monsoon region

SI Rani, T Arulalan, JP George… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
A high-resolution regional reanalysis of the Indian Monsoon Data Assimilation and Analysis
(IMDAA) project is made available to researchers for deeper understanding of the Indian …

Survey of data assimilation methods for convective‐scale numerical weather prediction at operational centres

N Gustafsson, T Janjić, C Schraff… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Data assimilation (DA) methods for convective‐scale numerical weather prediction at
operational centres are surveyed. The operational methods include variational methods (3D …

Soil moisture remote sensing: State‐of‐the‐science

BP Mohanty, MH Cosh, V Lakshmi… - Vadose Zone …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Core Ideas Satellites, particularly at L‐band frequency, can globally map near‐surface soil
moisture. Near‐surface moisture is extended to the root zone using models and data …

Soil moisture for hydrological applications: Open questions and new opportunities

L Brocca, L Ciabatta, C Massari, S Camici, A Tarpanelli - Water, 2017 - mdpi.com
Soil moisture is widely recognized as a key parameter in the mass and energy balance
between the land surface and the atmosphere and, hence, the potential societal benefits of …

ERA-Interim/Land: a global land surface reanalysis data set

G Balsamo, C Albergel, A Beljaars… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2015 - hess.copernicus.org
ERA-Interim/Land is a global land surface reanalysis data set covering the period 1979–
2010. It describes the evolution of soil moisture, soil temperature and snowpack. ERA …