Evaluation of soil moisture from CCAM-CABLE simulation, satellite-based models estimates and satellite observations: a case study of Skukuza and Malopeni flux towers

Khosa, Floyd Vukosi; Mateyisi, Mohau Jacob; van der Merwe, Martina Reynita; Feig, Gregor Timothy; Engelbrecht, Francois Alwyn; Savage, Michael John

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-1587-2020

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Evaluation of soil moisture from CCAM-CABLE simulation, satellite-based models estimates and satellite observations: a case study of Skukuza and Malopeni flux towers

Floyd Vukosi Khosa, Mohau Jacob Mateyisi, Martina Reynita van der Merwe, Gregor Timothy Feig, Francois Alwyn Engelbrecht, and Michael John Savage

Data sets

Evaluation of soil moisture from CCAMM-CABLE simulation, satellite-based models estimates and satellite observations Skukuza and Malopeni flux towers region case study: datasets F. V. Khosa, M. J. Mateyisi, M. R. van der Merwe, G. T. Feig, F. A. Engelbrecht, and M. J. Savage https://doi.org/10.17632/yvsncwrbws.1

Model code and software

Evaluation of soil moisture from CCAMM-CABLE simulation, satellite-based models estimates and satellite observations Skukuza and Malopeni flux towers region case study: Analysis scripts F. V. Khosa, M. J. Mateyisi, M. R. van der Merwe, G. T. Feig, F. A. Engelbrecht, and M. J. Savage https://rpubs.com/FKhosa/hess-2018-546

Short summary

The paper evaluates soil moisture outputs from three structurally distinct models against in situ data. Our goal is to find how representative the model outputs are for site and region. This is a question of interest as some of the models have a specific regional focus on their inceptions. Much focus is placed on how the models capture the soil moisture signal. We find that there is agreement on seasonal patterns between the models and observations with a tolerable level of model uncertainty.