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Title: Strategies for validating satellite soil moisture products using in situ networks: Lessons from the USDA-ARS watersheds

Author
item Cosh, Michael
item Jackson, Thomas
item Starks, Patrick
item Bosch, David
item Holifield Collins, Chandra
item Seyfried, Mark
item Prueger, John
item Livingston, Stanley
item BINDLISH, R. - Collaborator

Submitted to: IEEE IGARSS Annual Proceedings
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 5/1/2017
Publication Date: 7/24/2017
Citation: Cosh, M.H., Jackson, T.J., Starks, P.J., Bosch, D.D., Holifield Collins, C.D., Seyfried, M.S., Prueger, J.H., Livingston, S.J., Bindlish, R. 2017. Strategies for validating satellite soil moisture products using in situ networks: Lessons from the USDA-ARS watersheds [abstract]. IEEE IGARSS Annual Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2017.8127377.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2017.8127377

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: There are a variety of soil moisture station designs and networks deployed throughout the world, each with varying applications and uses. For the purpose of satellite validation of soil moisture products, a dense network of soil moisture networks are required with soil moisture sensors at the near surface (~5 cm or less) to correspond to the satellite footprints and signals. The USDA- Agricultural Research Service operates a collection of soil moisture networks as a part of the Long Term Agro-ecosystem Research (LTAR) network to this end. These networks have been used to validate products from AMSR-E, SMOS, Aquarius, and SMAP. A review of these results and a synopsis of successful scaling strategies are discussed.