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Estimation of subsurface soil moisture from surface soil moisture in cold mountainous areas
Jie Tian
Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems (Ministry of
Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University,
Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China
Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425
Jülich, Germany
Zhibo Han
Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems (Ministry of
Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University,
Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China
Heye Reemt Bogena
Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425
Jülich, Germany
Johan Alexander Huisman
Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425
Jülich, Germany
Carsten Montzka
Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425
Jülich, Germany
Baoqing Zhang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems (Ministry of
Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University,
Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China
Chansheng He
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems (Ministry of
Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University,
Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China
Department of Geography, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
49008, USA
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Short summary
Large-scale profile soil moisture (SM) is important for water resource management, but its estimation is a challenge. Thus, based on in situ SM observations in a cold mountain, a strong relationship between the surface SM and subsurface SM is found. Both the subsurface SM of 10–30 cm and the profile SM of 0–70 cm can be estimated from the surface SM of 0–10 cm accurately. By combing with the satellite product, we improve the large-scale profile SM estimation in the cold mountains finally.
Large-scale profile soil moisture (SM) is important for water resource management, but its...
