Articles | Volume 20, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1373-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1373-2016
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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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.