Technical Note: Evaluation of the skill in monthly-to-seasonal  soil moisture forecasting based on SMAP satellite  observations over the southeastern US

Mazrooei, Amirhossein; Sankarasubramanian, Arumugam; Lakshmi, Venkat

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-1073-2020

Articles | Volume 24, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-1073-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-1073-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 24, issue 3

Technical note

|

05 Mar 2020

Technical note |

| 05 Mar 2020

Technical Note: Evaluation of the skill in monthly-to-seasonal soil moisture forecasting based on SMAP satellite observations over the southeastern US

Amirhossein Mazrooei, Arumugam Sankarasubramanian, and Venkat Lakshmi

Data sets

DATA: Evaluation of the skill in monthly-to-seasonal soil moisture forecasting based on SMAP satellite observations over the southeastern US A. Mazrooei https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.11923302.v2

Short summary

Reliable forecasts of soil moisture conditions help water-related sectors to better prepare for drought and flooding events. This paper describes an approach in which monthly-to-seasonal soil moisture forecasts are developed and compared to remotely sensed observations from SMAP satellite. Our results reveal a promising skill in forecasting long-range soil moisture conditions, suggesting its great potential for real-time and practical applications.