Cosmic-ray soil water monitoring: the development, status & potential of the COSMOS-India network

Morrison, Ross ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1847-3127; Evans, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4194-1416; Angadi, S.S.; Ball, Lucy; Chakraborty, Tirthankar; Cooper, Hollie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1382-3407; Fry, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1142-4039; Geet, George; Goswami, Mangesh; Ganeshi, N.; Hitt, Olivia; Jain, Sharad; Krishnan, Mithun; Krishnan, R.; Kumar, Amit; Mujumdar, Milind; Nema, Manish; Rees, Gwyn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3300-0472; Sekhar, Muddu; Swain, Oliver; Thayyen, Renoj; Tripathi, Sachchida Nand; Upadhyaya, Deepti; Jenkins, Alan. 2017 Cosmic-ray soil water monitoring: the development, status & potential of the COSMOS-India network. [Keynote] In: 7th International Groundwater Conference (IGWC 2017), New Delhi, India, 11-13 Dec 2017. (Unpublished)

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Abstract/Summary

Soil moisture (SM) plays a central role in the hydrological cycle and surface energy balance and represents an important control on a range of land surface processes. Knowledge of the spatial and temporal dynamics of SM is important for applications ranging from numerical weather and climate predictions, the calibration and validation of remotely sensed data products, as well as water resources, flood and drought forecasting, agronomy and predictions of greenhouse gas fluxes. Since 2015, the Centre for Ecology and Ecology has been working in partnership with several Indian Research Institutes to develop COSMOS-India, a new network of SM monitoring stations that employ cosmic-ray soil moisture sensors (CRS) to deliver high temporal frequency, near-real time observations of SM at field scale. CRS provide continuous observations of near-surface (top 0.1 to 0.2 m) soil volumetric water content (VWC; m3 m-3) that are representative of a large footprint area (approximately 200 m in radius). To date, seven COSMOS-India sites have been installed and are operational at a range of locations that are characterised by differences in climate, soil type and land management. In this presentation, the development, current status and future potential of the COSMOS-India network will be discussed. Key results from the COSMOS-India network will be presented and analysed.

Item Type:	Publication - Conference Item (Keynote)
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Water Resources (Science Area 2017-) Hydro-climate Risks (Science Area 2017-) Directors, SCs
Additional Keywords:	soil moisture, volumetric water content, water resources, cosmic-ray soil moisture sensor, COSMOS-India
NORA Subject Terms:	Hydrology
Date made live:	05 Jan 2018 12:30 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518791

Item Type:

Publication - Conference Item (Keynote)

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Water Resources (Science Area 2017-)
Hydro-climate Risks (Science Area 2017-)
Directors, SCs

Additional Keywords:

soil moisture, volumetric water content, water resources, cosmic-ray soil moisture sensor, COSMOS-India

NORA Subject Terms:

Hydrology

Date made live:

05 Jan 2018 12:30 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518791