Soil moisture evaluation over the Argentine Pampas using models, satellite estimations and in-situ measurements.

ABSTRACT:

Study region

The Pampas region is located in the central-east part of Argentina, and is one of the most productive agricultural regions of the world under rainfed conditions.

Study focus

This study aims at examining how different Land Surface Models (LSMs) and satellite estimations reproduce daily surface and root zone soil moisture variability over 8 in-situ observation sites. The ability of the LSMs to detect dry and wet events is also evaluated.

New hydrological insights for the region

The surface and root zone soil moisture of the LSMs and the surface soil moisture of the ESA CCI (European Space Agency Climate Change Initiative, hereafter ESA-SM) show in general a good performance against the in-situ measurements. In particular, the BHOA (Balance Hidrológico Opera

SUBMITTER: Spennemann PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7736954 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature