Estimating field-scale root zone soil moisture using the cosmic-ray neutron probe

Peterson, Amber M.; Helgason, Warren D.; Ireson, Andrew M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1373-2016

Articles | Volume 20, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1373-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1373-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 4

Research article

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07 Apr 2016

Research article |

| 07 Apr 2016

Estimating field-scale root zone soil moisture using the cosmic-ray neutron probe

Amber M. Peterson, Warren D. Helgason, and Andrew M. Ireson

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Final revised paper (published on 07 Apr 2016)
Preprint (discussion started on 10 Dec 2015)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C5846: 'Review comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Dec 2015
- AC C6873: 'Reply to anonymous reviewer # 1', W.D. Helgason, 22 Feb 2016
RC C6121: 'Estimating field scale root zone soil moisture using the cosmic-ray neutron probe', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Jan 2016
- AC C6874: 'Reply to anonymous reviewer # 2', W.D. Helgason, 22 Feb 2016
RC C6219: 'Review of Peterson et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 20 Jan 2016
- AC C6875: 'Reply to anonymous reviewer # 3', W.D. Helgason, 22 Feb 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish as is (06 Mar 2016) by Nunzio Romano

AR by Warren D. Helgason on behalf of the Authors (16 Mar 2016)

Short summary

Remote sensing techniques can provide useful large-scale estimates of soil moisture. However, these methods often only sense near-surface soil moisture, whereas many applications require estimates of the entire root zone. In this study we propose and test methods to "depth-scale" the shallow soil moisture measurements obtained using the cosmic-ray neutron probe to represent the entire root zone, thereby improving the applicability of this measurement approach.