Articles | Volume 24, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-1073-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-1073-2020
Technical note
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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

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ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (08 Nov 2019) by Miriam Coenders-Gerrits
AR by Amir Mazrooei on behalf of the Authors (18 Nov 2019)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (05 Dec 2019) by Miriam Coenders-Gerrits
RR by Raghavendra Jana (10 Dec 2019)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (17 Jan 2020) by Miriam Coenders-Gerrits
AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (22 Jan 2020)  Author's response
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (04 Feb 2020) by Miriam Coenders-Gerrits
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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.