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Satellite-Derived Soil Moisture Intercomparison and Validation References

2021

Beck, H. E., Pan, M., Miralles, D. G., Reichle, R. H., Dorigo, W. A., Hahn, S., et al. (2021). Evaluation of 18 satellite- and   model-based soil moisture products using in situ measurements from 826 sensors. Hydrology and Earth System   Sciences, 25(1), 17-40. 10.5194/hess-25-17-2021

Lamptey, P. N. L., Petropoulos, G. P., & Srivastava, P. K. (2021). SMOS L4 Downscaled Soil Moisture Product   Evaluation Over a Two Year Period in a Mediterranean Setting. In Advances in Remote Sensing for Natural   Resource Monitoring, 111-131.

Bayat, B., F. Camacho, J. Nickeson, M. Cosh, J. Bolten, H. Vereecken, and C. Montzka (2021): Toward Operational   Validation Systems for Global Satellite-Based Terrestrial Essential Climate Variables. International Journal of Applied   Earth Observations and Geoinformation 95, 102240. DOI:10.1016/j.jag.2020.102240

Liu, J., Chai, L., Dong, J., Zheng, D., Wigneron, J. P., Liu, S., et al. (2021). Uncertainty analysis of eleven multisource   soil moisture products in the third pole environment based on the three-corned hat method. Remote Sensing of   Environment, 255, 112225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.112225

Qu, Y., Z. Zhu, C. Montzka, L. Chai, S. Liu, Y. Ge, J. Liu, Z. Lu, X. He, J. Zheng, and T. Han (2021): Inter-comparison of   Several Soil Moisture Downscaling Methods over the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China. Journal of Hydrology 592, 125616.   DOI:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125616

Wang, G., Zhang, X., Yinglan, A., Duan, L., Xue, B., & Liu, T. (2021). A Spatio-temporal Cross Comparison Framework   for the Accuracies of Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture Products in a Climate-Sensitive Grassland Region. Journal of   Hydrology, 126089. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126089

Lei Xu, Nengcheng Chen, Xiang Zhang, Hamid Moradkhani, Chong Zhang, Chuli Hu, In-situ and triple-collocation   based evaluations of eight global root zone soil moisture products, Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 254,   2021, 112248, ISSN 0034-4257, 10.1016/j.rse.2020.112248.

2020

Colliander, A., Jackson, T. J., Berg, A., Bosch, D. D., Caldwell, T., Chan, S., et al. (2020). Effect of Rainfall Events on   SMAP Radiometer-Based Soil Moisture Accuracy Using Core Validation Sites. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 21(2),   255-264. 10.1175/Jhm-D-19-0122.1

Tabatabaeenejad, A., Chen, R. H., Burgin, M. S., Duan, X. Y., Cuenca, R. H., Cosh, M. H., et al. (2020). Assessment   and Validation of AirMOSS P-Band Root-Zone Soil Moisture Products. Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote   Sensing, 58(9), 6181-6196. 10.1109/Tgrs.2020.2974976

Jamei, M., Baygi, M. M., Oskouei, E. A., & Lopez-Baeza, E. (2020). Validation of the SMOS Level 1C Brightness   Temperature and Level 2 Soil Moisture Data over the West and Southwest of Iran. Remote Sensing, 12(17). ARTN   2819. 10.3390/rs12172819

Dente, L., Guerriero, L., Comite, D., & Pierdicca, N. (2020). Space-Borne GNSS-R Signal Over a Complex Topography:   Modeling and Validation. Ieee Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 13,   1218-1233. 10.1109/Jstars.2020.2975187

B. Fang, Lakshmi, V., Bindlish, R. Jackson, T., Liu,P.,Evaluation and validation of a high spatial resolution satellite soil   moisture product over the Continental United States, Journal of Hydrology, Volume 588, 2020, 125043, ISSN 0022-
  1694, 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125043

Ford, T. W., Quiring, S. M., Zhao, C., Leasor, Z. T., & Landry, C. (2020). Triple Collocation Evaluation of In Situ Soil   Moisture Observations from 1200+ Stations as part of the U.S. National Soil Moisture Network, Journal of   Hydrometeorology, 21(11), 2537-2549.

Gruber, A., G. De Lannoy, C. Albergel, A. Al-Yaari, L. Brocca, J.-C. Calvet, A. Colliander, M. Cosh, W. Crow, W. Dorigo,   C. Draper, M. Hirschi, Y. Kerr, A. Konings, W. Lahoz, K. McColl, C. Montzka, J. Muñoz-Sabater, J. Peng, R. Reichle, P.   Richaume, C. Rÿdiger, T. Scanlon, R. van der Schalie, and W. Wagner (2020): Validation practices for satellite soil   moisture retrievals: What are (the) errors? Remote Sensing of Environment 244, 111806.   DOI:10.1016/j.rse.2020.111806

Kang, J.; Jin, R.; Li, X.; Zhang, Y. Error Decomposition of Remote Sensing Soil Moisture Products Based on the Triple-
  Collocation Method Introducing an Unbiased Reference Dataset: A Case Study on the Tibetan Plateau. Remote Sens.   2020, 12, 3087. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12183087

S. Kim, H. T. Pham, Y. Y. Liu, L. Marshall and A. Sharma, "Improving the Combination of Satellite Soil Moisture Data   Sets by Considering Error Cross Correlation: A Comparison Between Triple Collocation (TC) and Extended Double   Instrumental Variable (EIVD) Alternatives," in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, doi:   10.1109/TGRS.2020.3032418.

Mousa, B. G., & Shu, H. (2020). Spatial Evaluation and Assimilation of SMAP, SMOS, and ASCAT Satellite Soil   Moisture Products Over Africa Using Statistical Techniques. Earth and Space Science, 7(1). UNSP e2019EA000841.   10.1029/2019EA000841

Lv, S. N., Schalge, B., Garfias, P. S., & Simmer, C. (2020). Required sampling density of ground-based soil moisture   and brightness temperature observations for calibration and validation of L-band satellite observations based on a   virtual reality. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 24(4), 1957-1973. 10.5194/hess-24-1957-2020

N. Ye, Walker, J., Wu, X., de Jeu, R., Gao, Y., Jackson, T., Jonard, F. et al., "The Soil Moisture Active Passive   Experiments: Validation of the SMAP Products in Australia," in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing,   doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2020.3007371.

Wu, X.; Lu, G.; Wu, Z.; He, H.; Scanlon, T.; Dorigo, W. Triple Collocation-Based Assessment of Satellite Soil Moisture   Products with In Situ Measurements in China: Understanding the Error Sources. Remote Sens. 2020, 12, 2275.   https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12142275.

2019

Zhang, R., Kim, S., & Sharma, A. (2019). A comprehensive validation of the SMAP Enhanced Level-3 Soil Moisture   product using ground measurements over varied climates and landscapes. Remote Sensing of Environment, 223,
  82-94. 10.1016/j.rse.2019.01.015

Al-Yaari, A, Wigneron, J.-P., Dorigo, W., Colliander, A., Pellarin, T., Hahn, S., Mialon, A., Richaume, P., Fernandez-
  Moran, R., Fan, L, Kerr, Y.H., De Lannoyern, G. (2019). Assessment and Inter-Comparison of Recently Developed/
  Reprocessed Microwave Satellite Soil Moisture Products Using ISMN Ground-Based Measurements. Remote   Sensing of Environment 224: 289-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.02.008.

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.

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. Martênez-Fernöndez, 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.

Colliander, A., Cosh M. H., Misra, S., Jackson, T. J., Crow, W. T., Powers, J., McNairn, H., et al. (2019). Comparison of   High-Resolution Airborne Soil Moisture Retrievals to SMAP Soil Moisture during the SMAP Validation Experiment   2016 (SMAPVEX16). Remote Sensing of Environment 227: 137-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.04.004.

KhazSÿal, A., P. Richaume, F. Cabot, E. Anterrieu, A. Mialon and Y. H. Kerr (2019) Improving the Spatial Bias Correction   Algorithm in SMOS Image Reconstruction Processor: Validation of Soil Moisture Retrievals With In Situ Data. IEEE   Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 277-290.   https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2018.2853619.

Ma, H., J. Zeng, N. Chen, X. Zhang, M. H Cosh, and W. Wang. (2019). Satellite Surface Soil Moisture from SMAP,   SMOS, AMSR2 and ESA CCI: A Comprehensive Assessment Using Global Ground-Based Observations. Remote   Sensing of Environment 231: 111215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111215.

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.

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.

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.

Santi, E, S Paloscia, S Pettinato, L Brocca, L Ciabatta, and D Entekhabi. (2018). On the Synergy of SMAP, AMSR2 AND   SENTINEL-1 for Retrieving Soil Moisture. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 65:   114-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2017.10.010.

Stillman, S. and X. Zeng, (2018). Evaluation of SMAP Soil Moisture Relative to Five Other Satellite Products Using the   Climate Reference Network Measurements Over USA. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol.   56, no. 11, pp. 6296-6305. doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2018.2835316.

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.

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.

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.

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.


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.

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.

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.


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.

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.

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.

Pierdicca, N., F. Fascetti, L. Pulvirenti, R. Crapolicchio & J. Muñoz-Sabater (2015). Quadruple Collocation Analysis for   Soil Moisture Product Assessment. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 12(8): 1595-1599.

Su, C. H. & Ryu, D. (2015). Multi-scale analysis of bias correction of soil moisture. Hydrology and Earth System   Sciences, /19/(1), 17-31.

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.

Kim, S., Liu, Y. Y., Johnson, F. M., Parinussa, R. M., Sharma, A. (2015). A global comparison of alternate AMSR2 soil
  moisture products: Why do they differ?. Remote Sensing of Environment, 161, 43-62.


2014

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.

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.

Rötzer, K., C. Montzka, H. Bogena, W. Wagner, Y. H. Kerr, R. Kiddk, 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.

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.


2013

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.

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.

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.

Montzka, C., H. R. Bogena, L. Weiherm™ller, 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.

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.

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.

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.


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.

Albergel, C., de Rosnay, P., Gruhier, C., Muñoz-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. /p>

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Dente, L., Z. Su, J. Wen (2012). Validation of SMOS Soil Moisture Products over the Maqu and Twente Regions.   Sensors 12: 9965-9986.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.


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.


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.

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.

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.


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