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