Comparison of contemporary in situ, model, and satellite remote sensing soil moisture with a focus on drought monitoring

Ford, Trent W.; Quiring, Steven M.

doi:10.1029/2018WR024039

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Comparison of contemporary in situ, model, and satellite remote sensing soil moisture with a focus on drought monitoring

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2019
By Ford, Trent W. ; Quiring, Steven M.

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Journal Title:

Water Resources Research
Personal Author:

Ford, Trent W. ; Quiring, Steven M.
NOAA Program & Office:

OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; CPO (Climate Program Office)
Description:

This study develops a framework for assessing the fidelity of in situ, model, and satellite soil moisture data sets. Here we evaluate data from over 100 in situ monitoring stations that are part of nine monitoring networks; North American Land Data Assimilation System Phase 2 and Climate Prediction Center land surface models; and Soil Moisture Active-Passive, Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity, and European Space Agency-Climate Change Initiative (ESA-CCI) satellite products. The results indicate the majority of in situ stations exhibit low error variance and are spatially representative; however, some networks and individual stations exhibit anomalously high error variance or are sited in a way that make them not spatially representative of a larger area.
Keywords:

Droughts Mathematical Models Monitoring Remote Sensing Soil Moisture Mathematical Models Remote Sensing Soil Moisture
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Water Resources Research, 55(2) 1565–1582
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR024039
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Journal Article
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Grant no. NA17OAR4310148
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