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2021
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2020
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2019
Mladenova, I. E., J. D. Bolten, W. T. Crow, N. Sazib, M. H. Cosh, C. J. Tucker, and C. Reynolds. 2019. "Evaluating the Operational Application of SMAP for Global Agricultural Drought Monitoring." IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 1-11 [10.1109/jstars.2019.2923555]
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Bhuiyan, H. A.K.M., H. McNairn, J. Powers, M. Friesen, A. Pacheco, T. J. Jackson, M. H. Cosh, A. Colliander, A. Berg, T. Rowlandson, P. Bullock, and R. Magagi. (2018) Assessing SMAP Soil Moisture Scaling and Retrieval in the Carman (Canada) Study Site. Vadose Zone J. 17:180132. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2018.07.0132. #SMAP
Chen, F., W.T. Crow, M.H. Cosh, A. Colliander, J. Asanuma, A. Berg, D.D. Bosch, T.G. Caldwell, C.H. Collins, K.H. Jensen, J. MartÕnez-Fernąndez, H. McNairn, P.J. Starks, Z. Su, and J.P. Walker (2019) Uncertainty of Reference Pixel Soil Moisture Averages Sampled at SMAP Core Validation Sites. J. Hydrometeor., 20, 1553-1569, https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-19-0049.1. #SMAP
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2018
Chen, F., W. T. Crow, R. Bindlish, A. Colliander, M. S Burgin, J. Asanuma, and K. Aida. (2018). Global-Scale Evaluation of SMAP, SMOS and ASCAT Soil Moisture Products Using Triple Collocation. Remote Sensing of Environment 214: 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2018.05.008. #SMAP, #SMOS, #ASCAT
Cui, C., J. Xu, J. Zeng, K.-S. Chen, X. Bai, H. Lu, Q. Chen, and T. Zhao. (2018). Soil Moisture Mapping from Satellites: An Intercomparison of SMAP, SMOS, FY3B, AMSR2, and ESA CCI over Two Dense Network Regions at Different Spatial Scales. Remote Sensing 10 (1). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10010033. #SMAP, #SMOS #AMSR2, #CCI
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Kim, H., R. Parinussa, A.G. Konings, W. Wagner, M.H. Cosh, V. Lakshmi, M. Zohaib, and M. Choi. (2018). Global-Scale Assessment and Combination of SMAP with ASCAT (Active) and AMSR2 (Passive) Soil Moisture Products. Remote Sensing of Environment 204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2017.10.026. #SMAP, #ASCAT, #AMSR2
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2017
Colliander, A., T. J. Jackson, R. Bindlish, S. Chan, N. Das, S. B. Kim, M. H. Cosh, R. S. Dunbar, L. Dang, L. Pashaian, J. Asanuma, K. Aida, A. Berg, T. Rowlandson, D. Bosch, T. Caldwell, K. Caylor, D. Goodrich, H. al Jassar, E.
Lopez-Baeza, J. Martínez-Fernández, Á. González-Zamora, S. Livingston, H. McNairn, A. Pacheco, M. Moghaddam,
C. Montzka, C. Notarnicola, G. Niedrist, T. Pellarin, J. Prueger, J. Pulliainen, K. Rautiainen, J. Ramos, M. Seyfried, P. Starks, Z. Su, Y. Zeng, R. van der Velde, M. Thibeault, W. Dorigo, M. Vreugdenhil, J. P. Walker, X. Wu, A. Monerris, P. E. O'Neill, D. Entekhabi, E. G. Njoku & S. Yueh (2017). Validation of SMAP surface soil moisture products with core validation sites. Remote Sensing of Environment 191: 215-231. #SMAP
Mohanty, B. P., M. H. Cosh, V. Lakshmi & C. Montzka (2017). Soil Moisture Remote Sensing: State-of-the-Science. Vadose Zone Journal 16(1). #SMAP, #SMOS, #ASCAT, #AMSR2
Montzka, C., H. R. Bogena, M. Zreda, A. Monerris, R. Morrison, S. Muddu & H. Vereecken (2017). Validation of spaceborne and modelled surface soil moisture products with cosmic-ray neutron probes. Remote Sensing 9(2): 103. #SMAP, #SMOS, #ASCAT, #AMSR2
Nilawar, A., C. Calderella, T. Lakhankar, M. Waikar & J. Munoz (2017). Satellite Soil Moisture Validation Using Hydrological SWAT Model: A Case Study of Puerto Rico, USA. Hydrology 4(4): 45. #AMSR2
Zhang, X., T. Zhang, P. Zhou, Y. Shao & S. Gao (2017). Validation Analysis of SMAP and AMSR2 Soil Moisture Products over the United States Using Ground-Based Measurements. Remote Sensing 9(2): 104. #SMAP, #AMSR2
2016
An, R., L. Zhang, Z. Wang, J. A. Quaye-Ballard, J. You, X. Shen, W. Gao, L. Huang, Y. Zhao & Z. Ke (2016). Validation of the ESA CCI soil moisture product in China. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 48(Supplement C): 28-36. #ESA-CCI
Chan, S. K., R. Bindlish, P. E. O. Neill, E. Njoku, T. Jackson, A. Colliander, F. Chen, M. Burgin, S. Dunbar, J. Piepmeier, S. Yueh, D. Entekhabi, M. H. Cosh, T. Caldwell, J. Walker, X. Wu, A. Berg, T. Rowlandson, A. Pacheco, H. McNairn, M. Thibeault, J. Martínez-Fernández, González-Zamora, Á, M. Seyfried, D. Bosch, P. Starks, D. Goodrich, J. Prueger, M. Palecki, E. E. Small, M. Zreda, J. C. Calvet, W. T. Crow & Y. Kerr (2016). Assessment of the SMAP Passive Soil Moisture Product. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 54(8): 4994-5007. #SMAP
Chen, F., W. T. Crow, A. Colliander, M. H. Cosh, T. J. Jackson, R. Bindlish, R. H. Reichle, S. K. Chan, D. D. Bosch, P. J. Starks, D. C. Goodrich & M. S. Seyfried (2016). Application of Triple Collocation in Ground-Based Validation of Soil Moisture Active & Passive (SMAP) Level 2 Data Products. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 10(2): 489-502. #SMAP
Gruber, A., C. H. Su, S. Zwieback, W. Crowd, W. Dorigo & W. Wagner (2016). Recent advances in (soil moisture) triple collocation analysis. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 45: 200-211. #METHOD
Kerr, Y. H., A. Al-Yaari, N. Rodriguez-Fernandez, M. Parrens, B. Molero, D. Leroux, S. Bircher, A. Mahmoodi, A. Mialon, P. Richaume, S. Delwart, A. Al Bitar, T. Pellarin, R. Bindlish, T. J. Jackson, C. RŁdiger, P. Waldteufel, S. Mecklenburg & J. P. Wigneron (2016). Overview of SMOS performance in terms of global soil moisture monitoring after six years in operation. Remote Sensing of Environment 180(Supplement C): 40-63. #SMOS
Molero, B., O. Merlin, Y. Malbéteau, A. Al Bitar, F. Cabot, V. Stefan, Y. Kerr, S. Bacon, M. H. Cosh, R. Bindlish & T. J. Jackson (2016). SMOS disaggregated soil moisture product at 1 km resolution: Processor overview and first validation results. Remote Sensing of Environment 180: 361-376. #SMOS
Montzka, C., T. Jagdhuber, R. Horn, H. Bogena, I. Hajnsek, A. Reigber & H. Vereecken (2016). Investigation of SMAP fusion algorithms with airborne active and passive L-band microwave remote sensing. IEEE Trans. Geosc. Rem. Sens. 54(7): 3878 - 3889. #METHOD
2015
Colliander, A., T. Jackson, H. McNairn, S. Chazanoff, S. Dinardo, B. Latham, I. O'Dwyer, W. Chun, S. Yueh & E. Njoku (2015). Comparison of Airborne Passive and Active L-Band System (PALS) Brightness Temperature Measurements to SMOS Observations During the SMAP Validation Experiment 2012 (SMAPVEX12). Ieee Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 12(4): 801-805. #SMOS
Dorigo, W. A., Gruber, A., De Jeu, R. A. M., Wagner, W., Stacke, T.,Loew, A., Albergel, C., Brocca, L., Chung, D., Paranussa, R.M. & Kidd, R. (2015). Evaluation of the ESA CCI soil moisture product using ground-based observations. Remote Sensing of Environment 162, 380-395. #ESA-CCI
González-Zamora, Á., Sánchez, N., Martínez-Fernández, J., Gumuzzio, Á., Piles, M., & Olmedo, E. (2015). Long-term SMOS soil moisture products: A comprehensive evaluation across scales and methods in the Duero BasiPiles, M. & Olmedo, E. (2015). Long-term SMOS soil moisture products: A comprehensive evaluation across scales and methods in the Duero Basin (Spain). Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C. #SMOS
Louvet, S., T. Pellarin, A. al Bitar, B. Cappelaere, S. Galle, M. Grippa, C. Gruhier, Y. Kerr, T. Lebel, A. Mialon, E. Mougin, G. Quantin, P. Richaume & P. de Rosnay (2015). SMOS soil moisture product evaluation over West-Africa from local to regional scale. Remote Sensing of Environment 156(Supplement C): 383-394. #SMOS
McNairn, H., T. J. Jackson, G. Wiseman, S. Bélair, A. Berg, P. Bullock, A. Colliander, M. H. Cosh, S. B. Kim, R. Magagi, M. Moghaddam, E. G. Njoku, J. R. Adams, S. Homayouni, E. R. Ojo, T. L. Rowlandson, J. Shang, K. Goïta & M. Hosseini (2015). The Soil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment 2012 (SMAPVEX12): Prelaunch Calibration and Validation of the SMAP Soil Moisture Algorithms. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 53(5): 2784-2801. #SMAP
Pierdicca, N., F. Fascetti, L. Pulvirenti, R. Crapolicchio & J. MuŠoz-Sabater (2015). Quadruple Collocation Analysis for Soil Moisture Product Assessment. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 12(8): 1595-1599. #METHOD
Su, C. H. & Ryu, D. (2015). Multi-scale analysis of bias correction of soil moisture. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, /19/(1), 17-31. #METHOD
Su, C. H., Narsey, S. Y., Gruber, A., Xaver, A., Chung, D., Ryu, D. & Wagner, W. (2015). Evaluation of post-retrieval
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Tomer, S., A. Al Bitar, M. Sekhar, M. Zribi, S. Bandyopadhyay, K. Sreelash, A. K. Sharma, S. Corgne & Y. Kerr (2015). Retrieval and Multi-scale Validation of Soil Moisture from Multi-temporal SAR Data in a Semi-Arid Tropical Region. Remote Sensing 7(6): 8128. #SAR
Kim, S., Liu, Y. Y., Johnson, F. M., Parinussa, R. M. & Sharma, A. (2015). A global comparison of alternate AMSR2 soil
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2014
Coopersmith, E. J., M. H. Cosh & C. S. T. Daughtry (2014). Field-scale moisture estimates using COSMOS sensors: A validation study with temporary networks and Leaf-Area-Indices. Journal of Hydrology 519, Part A: 637-643. #NETWORKS
Leroux, D. J., Y. H. Kerr, A. A. Bitar, R. Bindlish, T. J. Jackson, B. Berthelot & G. Portet (2014). Comparison Between SMOS, VUA, ASCAT, and ECMWF Soil Moisture Products Over Four Watersheds in U.S. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 52(3): 1562-1571. #SMOS, AMSR-E, ASCAT
Mladenova, I.E., T.J. Jackson, E. Njoku, R. Bindlish, S. Chan, M.H. Cosh, T.R.H. Holmes, R.A.M. de Jeu, L. Jones, J. Kimball, S. Paloscia, & Santi, E. (2014). Remote monitoring of soil moisture using passive microwave-based
— Theoretical basis and overview of selected algorithms for AMSR-E, Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 144, Pages 197-213. #AMSR-E
Paulik, C., W. Dorigo, W. Wagner & R. Kidd (2014). Validation of the ASCAT Soil Water Index using in situ data from the International Soil Moisture Network. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 30(Supplement C): 1-8. #ASCAT
Rötzer, K., C. Montzka, H. Bogena, W. Wagner, Y. H. Kerr, R. Kidd & H. Vereecken (2014). Catchment scale validation of SMOS and ASCAT soil moisture products using hydrological modeling and temporal stability analysis. Journal of Hydrology 519: 934-946. #SMOS, #ASCAT
Wagner, W., Brocca, L., Naeimi, V., Reichle, R., Draper, C., de Jeu, R., Ryu, D., Su, C-H., Western, A. & Calvet, J-C. (2014). Clarifications on the Comparison Between SMOS, VUA, ASCAT, and ECMWF Soil Moisture Products Over Four Watersheds in US, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 99, 1-6. #SMOS, #AMSR-E, #ASCAT
Yilmaz, T.M. & Crow, W.T. (2014). Evaluation of assumptions in soil moisture triple collocation analysis. Journal of Hydrometeorology 15 (3), 1293-1302. #METHOD
2013
Albergel, C., L. Brocca, W. Wagner, P. de Rosnay, & Calvet, J. (2013). Selection of Performance Metrics for Global Soil Moisture Products: The Case of ASCAT Soil Moisture, pp. 431-447. In: Remote Sensing of Energy Fluxes and Soil Moisture Content, Editor G. P. Petropoulos, CRC Press. #ASCAT
Bhatti, H. A., T. Rientjes, W. Verhoef & M. Yaseen (2013). Assessing Temporal Stability for Coarse Scale Satellite Moisture Validation in the Maqu Area, Tibet. Sensors 13(8): 10725-10748. #NETWORK, #AMSR-E
Draper, C, R. Reichle, R. de Jeu, V. Naeimi, R. Parinussa, & Wagner, W. (2013). Estimating root mean square remotely sensed soil moisture over continental scale domains, Remote Sensing of Environment, 137, 288-29. #ASCAT, #AMSR-E
Gruber, A., W.A. Dorigo, S. Zwieback, A. Xaver & Wagner, W. (2013). Characterizing coarse-scale representativeness of in-situ soil moisture measurements from the International Soil Moisture Network, Vadose Zone Journal, 12(2),
DOI 10.2136/vzj2012.0170, 16 p. #METHOD, #NETWORK
Montzka, C., H. R. Bogena, L. WeihermŁller, F. Jonard, C. Bouzinac, J. Kainulainen, J. E. Balling, A. Loew, J. T. dall'Amico, E. Rouhe, J. Vanderborght & H. Vereecken (2013). Brightness temperature and soil moisture validation at different scales during the SMOS Validation Campaign in the Rur and Erft catchments, Germany. IEEE Transactions
on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 51(3): 1728-1743. #SMOS
Paloscia, S., S. Pettinato, E. Santi, C. Notarnicola, L. Pasolli & A. Reppucci (2013). Soil moisture mapping using
Sentinel-1 images: Algorithm and preliminary validation. Remote Sensing of Environment 134: 234-248. #SAR
Su, C.-H., D. Ryu, R.I. Young, A.W. Western & Wagner, W. (2013). Inter-comparison of microwave satellite soil moisture retrievals over southeast Australia, Remote Sensing of Environment, 134, 1-11. #AMSR-E, #ASCAT, #SMOS
Wagner, W., S. Hahn, R. Kidd, T. Melzer, Z. Bartalis, S. Hasenauer, J. Figa-Saldana, P. de Rosnay, A. Jann, S.
Schneider, J. Komma, G. Kubu, K. Brugger, C. Aubrecht, J. Zuger, U. Gangkofner, S. Kienberger, L. Brocca, Y. Wang, G. Bloschl, J. Eitzinger, K. Steinnocher, P. Zeil & F. Rubel (2013). The ASCAT Soil Moisture Product: A Review of its Specifications, Validation Results, and Emerging Applications. Meteorologische Zeitschrift 22(1): 5-33. #ASCAT
2012
Albergel, C., De Rosnay, P., Balsamo, G., Isaksen, L., & Muñoz-Sabater, J. (2012). Soil Moisture Analyses at ECMWF: Evaluation Using Global Ground-Based In Situ Observations. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 13, 1442-1460. #NETWORKS
Albergel, C., de Rosnay, P., Gruhier, C., MuŠoz-Sabater, J., Hasenauer, S., Isaksen, L., Kerr, Y. & Wagner, W. (2012). Evaluation of remotely sensed and modelled soil moisture products using global ground-based in situ observations. Remote Sensing of Environment, 118, 215-226. #NETWORKS, #ASCAT, #SMOS
Bircher, S., J. E. Balling, N. Skou & Y. H. Kerr (2012). Validation of SMOS Brightness Temperatures During the HOBE Airborne Campaign, Western Denmark. Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 50(5): 1468-1482. #SMOS
Bircher, S., N. Skou & Y. H. Kerr (2013). Validation of SMOS L1C and L2 Products and Important Parameters of the Retrieval Algorithm in the Skjern River Catchment, Western Denmark. Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 51(5): 2969-2985. #SMOS
Collow, T.W., Robock, A., Basara, J.B. & Illston, B.G. (2012). Evaluation of SMOS retrievals of soil moisture over the central United States with currently available in situ observations. Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres,
117 (9), art. no. D09113. #SMOS
Crow, W., A. Berg, M. Cosh, A. Loew, B. Mohanty, R. Panciera, P. de Rosnay, D. Ryu, & Walker, J. (2012). Upscaling sparse ground-based soil moisture observations for the validation of coarse-resolution satellite soil moisture products, Reviews of Geophysics, 50, RG2002, doi:10.1029/2011RG000372. #NETWORKS, #METHOD
dall'Amico, J.T., Schlenz, F., Loew, A. & Mauser, W. (2012). First Results of SMOS Soil Moisture Validation in the Upper Danube Catchment. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 50, No. 5. #SMOS
Dente, L., Z. Su & J. Wen (2012). Validation of SMOS Soil Moisture Products over the Maqu and Twente Regions. Sensors 12: 9965-9986. #SMOS
Gherboudj, I., R. Magagi, K. Goïta, A. A. Berg, B. Toth & A. Walker (2012). Validation of SMOS Data Over Agricultural and Boreal Forest Areas in Canada. Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 50(5): 1623-1635. #SMOS
Jackson, T. J., Bindlish, R., Cosh, M. H., Zhao, T., Starks, P. J., Bosch, D. D., Moran, M. S., Seyfried, M. S., Kerr, Y. & Leroux, D. (2012). SMOS validation of soil moisture and ocean salinity (SMOS) soil moisture over watershed networks in the U.S., IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 50: 1530-1543. #SMOS
Mecklenburg, S., Drusch, M., Kerr, Y. H., Font, J., Martin-Neira, M., Delwart, S., Crapolicchio, R. (2012). ESA's soil moisture and ocean salinity mission: Mission performance and operations. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 50(5 PART 1), 1354-1366.
Pan, M., Sahoo, A.K., Wood, E.F., Al Bitar, A., Leroux, D. & Kerr, Y.H. (2012). An initial assessment of SMOS derived soil moisture over the continental United States. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 5 (5), art. no. 6211458, pp. 1448-1457. #SMOS
Parrens, M., Zakharova, E., Lafont, S., Calvet, J.-C., Kerr, Y., Wagner, W. & Wigneron, J.-P. (2012). Comparing soil moisture retrievals from SMOS and ASCAT over France, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 16,
423-440, doi:10.5194/hess-16-423-2012. #SMOS, #ASCAT
Sanchez, N., J. Martínez-Fernández, A. Scaini & C. Perez-Gutierrez (2012). Validation of the SMOS L2 Soil Moisture Data in the REMEDHUS Network (Spain). IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 50(5): 1602-1611. #SMOS
Schlenz, F., dall'Amico, J.T., Loew, A. & Mauser, W. (2012). Uncertainty Assessment of the SMOS Validation in the Upper Danube Catchment, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 50 (5), 1517-1529. #SMOS
Wanders, N., Karssenberg, D., Bierkens, M., Parinussa, R., de Jeu, R., van Dam, J. & de Jong, S. (2012). Observation uncertainty of satellite soil moisture products determined with physically-based modeling. Remote Sensing of Environment, 127, 341-356. #AMSR-E, #SMOS, #ASCAT, #METHOD
Zwieback, S., K. Scipal, W. Dorigo, & Wagner, W. (2012). Structural and statistical properties of the collocation technique for error characterization, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 19, 69-80. #METHOD
2011
Brocca L., Hasenauer, S., Lacava, T., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., Wagner, W., Dorigo, W., Matgen, P.,
Martínez-Fernández, J., Llorens, P., Latron, J., Martin, C., & Bittelli, M. (2011). Soil Moisture estimation through ASCAT and AMSR-E sensors: An intercomparison and validation study across Europe, Remote Sensing of Environment 115, pp.3390-3408. #ASCAT, #AMSR-E
2010
Brocca, L., F. Melone, T. Moramarco, W. Wagner & S. Hasenauer (2010). ASCAT soil wetness index validation through in situ and modeled soil moisture data in central Italy. Remote Sensing of Environment 114(11): 2745-2755. #ASCAT
Entekhabi, D., R. Reichle, R. Koster & Crow, W. (2010). Performance metrics for soil moisture retrievals and application requirements, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 11(3), 832-840. #METHOD
Jackson, T. J., Cosh, M. H., Bindlish, R., Starks, P. J., Bosch, D. D., Seyfried, M. S., Goodrich, D. C., & Moran, M. S. (2010). Validation of Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer soil moisture products. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 48: 4256-4272. 2010. #AMSR-E
Li, L., P. W. Gaiser, B. C. Gao, R. M. Bevilacqua, T. J. Jackson, E. G. Njoku, C. Rudiger, J. C. Calvet & R. Bindlish (2010). WindSat Global Soil Moisture Retrieval and Validation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 48(5): 2224-2241. #WINDSAT
