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Articles | Volume 25, issue 4
Articles | Volume 25, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-1827-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-1827-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 25, issue 4
Research article
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09 Apr 2021
Research article |  | 09 Apr 2021

Field-scale soil moisture bridges the spatial-scale gap between drought monitoring and agricultural yields

Noemi Vergopolan, Sitian Xiong, Lyndon Estes, Niko Wanders, Nathaniel W. Chaney, Eric F. Wood, Megan Konar, Kelly Caylor, Hylke E. Beck, Nicolas Gatti, Tom Evans, and Justin Sheffield

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Drought monitoring and yield prediction often rely on coarse-scale hydroclimate data or (infrequent) vegetation indexes that do not always indicate the conditions farmers face in the field. Consequently, decision-making based on these indices can often be disconnected from the farmer reality. Our study focuses on smallholder farming systems in data-sparse developing countries, and it shows how field-scale soil moisture can leverage and improve crop yield prediction and drought impact assessment.
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