Data quality and metadata guidelines for the soil moisture monitoring community

Wyatt, Briana M.; Gaur, Nandita; Cosh, Michael; Osenga, Elise; Knox, Pamela; Levi, Matthew R.; Skumanich, Marina; Quiring, Steven M.; Illston, Bradley G.; Ayres, Edward; Libohova, Zamir; Sehgal, Vinit; Sullivan, Ryan C.; Brinson, Kevin R.; Crompton, Octavia; Leeper, Ronald D.; Duncan, Phillip B.; Zhang, Xi; Brown, Renée F.; Quintero, Carlos; Rivera, Leo; Baffaut, Claire; Caldwell, Todd

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Data quality and metadata guidelines for the soil moisture monitoring community

2026
By Wyatt, Briana M. ; Gaur, Nandita ; Cosh, Michael
Source Vadose Zone Journal, 25(5)

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Journal Title:

Vadose Zone Journal
Personal Author:

Wyatt, Briana M. ; Gaur, Nandita ; Cosh, Michael ; Osenga, Elise ; Knox, Pamela ; Levi, Matthew R. ; Skumanich, Marina ; Quiring, Steven M. ; Illston, Bradley G. ; Ayres, Edward ; Libohova, Zamir ; Sehgal, Vinit ; Sullivan, Ryan C. ; Brinson, Kevin R. ; Crompton, Octavia ; Leeper, Ronald D. ; Duncan, Phillip B. ; Zhang, Xi ; Brown, Renée F. ; Quintero, Carlos ; Rivera, Leo ; Baffaut, Claire ; Caldwell, Todd
NOAA Program & Office:

NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service) ; CISESS (Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies) ; NEON (Near Earth Orbit Network)
Description:

Soil moisture data are collected widely across the United States using commercially available soil moisture sensors, but no standardized guidelines exist regarding data quality (data accuracy, consistency, completeness, versioning, etc.) or metadata reporting (who, what, when, where, how, and why data are collected). Metadata associated with soil moisture data are complex, encompassing information about various sensors and soil attributes. In late 2024, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Integrated Drought Information System published community‐driven soil moisture data quality and metadata guidance, freely available online. This update describes the development of these documents and introduces the concept of a tiering system for data quality for in situ networks to aid networks in the characterization and analysis of their own resources. These guidelines support existing and emerging US networks while providing data users and providers with essential information to improve use of soil moisture data in both monitoring and decision‐making applications.
Source:

Vadose Zone Journal, 25(5)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.70141
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1539-1663 ; 1539-1663
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PDF
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Wiley
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Journal Article
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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CC BY
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Library
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https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/76473/noaa_76473_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 1.17 MB]
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NOAA Cooperative Institutes ; National Environmental Satellite and Data Information Service (NESDIS)
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