Soil Moisture

soilECV · GCOS Tier 1hydrosphere
Volumetric water content of the surface and root-zone soil from L-band radiometry (SMOS, SMAP), C-band scatterometry/SAR (ASCAT, Sentinel-1) and ISMN in-situ networks. Controls evapotranspiration and drought.
Canonical units: m3 m-3