Analyzing Spatio-Temporal Factors to Estimate the Response Time between SMOS and In-Situ Soil Moisture at Different Depths

• Published in: Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 12; no. 16; p. 2614
• Main Authors: Herbert, Christoph, Pablos, Miriam, Vall-llossera, Mercè, Camps, Adriano, Martínez-Fernández, José
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.08.2020
• Subjects: Atmospheric forcing; behavior; Climate variability; climatic factors; depth; Drying; Dynamic Time Warping; dynamics; Evapotranspiration; evolution; Growing season; Heterogeneity; Hydrology; Image resolution; information; Irrigation; Land use; length; normalized difference vegetation index; Normalized difference vegetative index; pets; Precipitation; Radiometers; Rainfed farming; Remote sensing; Response time; rhizosphere; Runoff; Satellite observation; SMOS; Soil moisture; Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite; soil water; Soils; Spain; Spatial heterogeneity; spatial variation; subsurface soil layers; temporal variation; Time lag; Time series; time series analysis; Variability; Wavelet transforms; Wetting; Spain
• ISSN: 2072-4292; 2072-4292
• DOI: 10.3390/rs12162614

A comprehensive understanding of temporal variability of subsurface soil moisture (SM) is paramount in hydrological and agricultural applications such as rainfed farming and irrigation. Since the SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) mission was launched in 2009, globally available satellite SM re...