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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Soil moisture and soil temperature, reflecting a synthetic climate regime, are vitally important
for climate change assessments and adaption. As historical in situ measurements of soil …

High-quality and long-term surface soil moisture (SSM) and root-zone soil moisture (RZSM)
data are critical for agricultural water management of Jiangsu province, which is a major …

Empirical thresholds indicating the meteorological conditions leading to shallow landslide
triggering are one of the most important components of landslide early warning systems …

Abstract The OPtical TRApezoid Model (OPTRAM) has recently been proposed for
estimation of soil moisture using only optical remote sensing data. The model relies on a …

Soil moisture is an important component of the Earth system and plays a key role in land-
atmosphere interactions. Remote sensing of soil moisture is of great scientific interest and …

China has implemented a few large-scale afforestation programs in the arid and semi-arid
areas, including the north-eastern, northern, and north-western regions, collectively referred …