Validation of spaceborne and modelled surface soil moisture products with cosmic-ray neutron probes

Montzka, Carsten; Bogena, Heye R.; Zreda, Marek; Monerris, Alessandra; Morrison, Ross ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1847-3127; Muddu, Sekhar; Vereecken, Harry. 2017 Validation of spaceborne and modelled surface soil moisture products with cosmic-ray neutron probes. Remote Sensing, 9 (2), 103. 30, pp. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9020103

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs9020103

Abstract/Summary

The scale difference between point in situ soil moisture measurements and low resolution satellite products limits the quality of any validation efforts in heterogeneous regions. Cosmic Ray Neutron Probes (CRNP) could be an option to fill the scale gap between both systems, as they provide area-average soil moisture within a 150–250 m radius footprint. In this study, we evaluate differences and similarities between CRNP observations, and surface soil moisture products from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2), the METOP-A/B Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT), the Soil Moisture Active and Passive (SMAP), the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS), as well as simulations from the Global Land Data Assimilation System Version 2 (GLDAS2). Six CRNPs located on five continents have been selected as test sites: the Rur catchment in Germany, the COSMOS sites in Arizona and California (USA), and Kenya, one CosmOz site in New South Wales (Australia), and a site in Karnataka (India). Standard validation scores as well as the Triple Collocation (TC) method identified SMAP to provide a high accuracy soil moisture product with low noise or uncertainties as compared to CRNPs. The potential of CRNPs for satellite soil moisture validation has been proven; however, biomass correction methods should be implemented to improve its application in regions with large vegetation dynamics.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9020103
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Acreman
ISSN:	2072-4292
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.
Additional Keywords:	cosmic-ray neutron probe, SMOS, SMAP, ASCAT, AMSR2, GLDAS2, COSMOS, CosmOz, soil moisture, soil water content, validation, triple collocation
NORA Subject Terms:	Hydrology
Date made live:	20 Apr 2017 14:39 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516043

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9020103

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Acreman

ISSN:

2072-4292

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.

Additional Keywords:

cosmic-ray neutron probe, SMOS, SMAP, ASCAT, AMSR2, GLDAS2, COSMOS, CosmOz, soil moisture, soil water content, validation, triple collocation