Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 29, issue 2
Articles | Volume 29, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-397-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-397-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 29, issue 2
Research article
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22 Jan 2025
Research article |  | 22 Jan 2025

Potential of long-term satellite observations and reanalysis products for characterising soil drying: trends and drought events

Martin Hirschi, Pietro Stradiotti, Bas Crezee, Wouter Dorigo, and Sonia I. Seneviratne

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We investigate the potential of long-term satellite and reanalysis products for characterising soil drying by analysing their 2000–2022 soil moisture trends and their representation of agroecological drought events of this period. Soil moisture trends are globally diverse and partly contradictory between products. This also affects the products' drought-detection capacity. Based on the best-estimate products, consistent soil drying is observed over more than 40 % of the land area covered.
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