New publication on the state-of-the art and future directions of soil moisture monitoring

A new publication shows how ESA CCI Soil Moisture improves Earth system understanding, highlighting state-of-the art and future directions.

 Highlights are:

•State-of-the-art of the ESA CCI soil moisture (ESA CCI SM) product specifications

•A comprehensive assessment of the ESA CCI SM error characteristics

•A unique synthesis of studies using ESA CCI SM to improve Earth system understanding.

•Identification of future algorithmic and programmatic priorities

Please cite as:

Wouter Dorigo, Wolfgang Wagner, Clement Albergel, Franziska Albrecht, Gianpaolo Balsamo, Luca Brocca, Daniel Chung, Martin Ertl, Matthias Forkel, Alexander Gruber, Eva Haas, Paul D. Hamer, Martin Hirschi, Jaakko Ikonen, Richard de Jeu, Richard Kidd, William Lahoz, Yi Y. Liu, Diego Miralles, Thomas Mistelbauer, Nadine Nicolai-Shaw, Robert Parinussa, Chiara Pratola, Christoph Reimer, Robin van der Schalie, Sonia I. Seneviratne, Tuomo Smolander, Pascal Lecomte, ESA CCI Soil Moisture for improved Earth system understanding: State-of-the art and future directions, Remote Sensing of Environment,

Available online 26 July 2017, ISSN 0034-4257, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2017.07.001.