The Sodankylä in situ soil moisture observation network: an example application of ESA CCI soil moisture product evaluation

• Published in: Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems
• Main Authors: J. Ikonen, J. Vehviläinen, K. Rautiainen, T. Smolander, J. Lemmetyinen, S. Bircher, J. Pulliainen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Arctic; Sodankylä; Climate change
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-5-95-2016; https://doaj.org/article/6e8c6e822c054652bf491f19e99e8ede

During the last decade there has been considerable development in remote sensing techniques relating to soil moisture retrievals over large areas. Within the framework of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) a new soil moisture product has been generated, merging di...