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| Originalsprache | Englisch |
|---|---|
| Seiten (von - bis) | 4639-4665 |
| Seitenumfang | 27 |
| Fachzeitschrift | International Journal of Remote Sensing |
| Jahrgang | 44 |
| Ausgabenummer | 15 |
| Frühes Online-Datum | 28 Juli 2023 |
| Publikationsstatus | Elektronisch veröffentlicht (E-Pub) - 28 Juli 2023 |
Abstract
Accurate large-scale soil moisture (SM) retrievals using the daily NASA MERRA-2’ climate reanalysis and ESA’ Climate Change Initiative (CCI) remote sensing datasets are compromised by temporal and spatial ambiguities. To address this deficiency, we assess the accuracy of the above-mentioned datasets against the Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) in-situ measurements at nine sites across the contiguous United States (CONUS) during 2014–2016. The sites are selected to represent different climate regions over the CONUS. SM dynamics from NASA MERRA-2 and ESA CCI are compared with those of SCAN, and an SM dataset is developed based on a spatiotemporal analysis. Our results show that the NASA MERRA-2 and ESA CCI SM datasets have different accuracies at the nine SCAN sites in different seasons. The MERRA-2 and CCI SM datasets have the highest accuracy at sites with the lowest number of extreme events, indicating that both datasets cannot robustly capture extremum soil moisture values. The highest (lowest) agreement between the MERRA-2/CCI and SCAN SM data is observed in April (February) with the nine-site average unbiased root-mean-square-difference (ubRMSD) of 0.0638 cm3/cm3 (0.0914 cm3/cm3). In all the nine sites, the CCI SM data are more accurate than those of MERRA-2 in April–October. The CCI SM data shows greater accuracy in the sites with lower SM values and/or higher SM variability. MERRA-2 and CCI SM datasets show higher and lower accuracy at the sites with pasture and agricultural vegetation, respectively. Finally, a new SM dataset is created by using the more accurate SM data from MERRA-2 and CCI in each site and season.
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in: International Journal of Remote Sensing, Jahrgang 44, Nr. 15, 28.07.2023, S. 4639-4665.
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T1 - Evaluating the NASA MERRA-2 climate reanalysis and ESA CCI satellite remote sensing soil moisture over the contiguous United States
AU - Valipour, Mohammad
AU - Bateni, Sayed M.
AU - Dietrich, Jörg
AU - Heggy, Essam
AU - Almazroui, Mansour
N1 - Funding Information: Part of this research is funded under support from the Zumberge Research and Innovation Fund of the University of Southern California allocated to the Arid Climates and Water Research Center—AWARE. The authors tend to have special thanks to Dr. John Nieber, Professor at the University of Minnesota for his invaluable and constructive comments on the paper.
PY - 2023/7/28
Y1 - 2023/7/28
N2 - Accurate large-scale soil moisture (SM) retrievals using the daily NASA MERRA-2’ climate reanalysis and ESA’ Climate Change Initiative (CCI) remote sensing datasets are compromised by temporal and spatial ambiguities. To address this deficiency, we assess the accuracy of the above-mentioned datasets against the Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) in-situ measurements at nine sites across the contiguous United States (CONUS) during 2014–2016. The sites are selected to represent different climate regions over the CONUS. SM dynamics from NASA MERRA-2 and ESA CCI are compared with those of SCAN, and an SM dataset is developed based on a spatiotemporal analysis. Our results show that the NASA MERRA-2 and ESA CCI SM datasets have different accuracies at the nine SCAN sites in different seasons. The MERRA-2 and CCI SM datasets have the highest accuracy at sites with the lowest number of extreme events, indicating that both datasets cannot robustly capture extremum soil moisture values. The highest (lowest) agreement between the MERRA-2/CCI and SCAN SM data is observed in April (February) with the nine-site average unbiased root-mean-square-difference (ubRMSD) of 0.0638 cm3/cm3 (0.0914 cm3/cm3). In all the nine sites, the CCI SM data are more accurate than those of MERRA-2 in April–October. The CCI SM data shows greater accuracy in the sites with lower SM values and/or higher SM variability. MERRA-2 and CCI SM datasets show higher and lower accuracy at the sites with pasture and agricultural vegetation, respectively. Finally, a new SM dataset is created by using the more accurate SM data from MERRA-2 and CCI in each site and season.
AB - Accurate large-scale soil moisture (SM) retrievals using the daily NASA MERRA-2’ climate reanalysis and ESA’ Climate Change Initiative (CCI) remote sensing datasets are compromised by temporal and spatial ambiguities. To address this deficiency, we assess the accuracy of the above-mentioned datasets against the Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) in-situ measurements at nine sites across the contiguous United States (CONUS) during 2014–2016. The sites are selected to represent different climate regions over the CONUS. SM dynamics from NASA MERRA-2 and ESA CCI are compared with those of SCAN, and an SM dataset is developed based on a spatiotemporal analysis. Our results show that the NASA MERRA-2 and ESA CCI SM datasets have different accuracies at the nine SCAN sites in different seasons. The MERRA-2 and CCI SM datasets have the highest accuracy at sites with the lowest number of extreme events, indicating that both datasets cannot robustly capture extremum soil moisture values. The highest (lowest) agreement between the MERRA-2/CCI and SCAN SM data is observed in April (February) with the nine-site average unbiased root-mean-square-difference (ubRMSD) of 0.0638 cm3/cm3 (0.0914 cm3/cm3). In all the nine sites, the CCI SM data are more accurate than those of MERRA-2 in April–October. The CCI SM data shows greater accuracy in the sites with lower SM values and/or higher SM variability. MERRA-2 and CCI SM datasets show higher and lower accuracy at the sites with pasture and agricultural vegetation, respectively. Finally, a new SM dataset is created by using the more accurate SM data from MERRA-2 and CCI in each site and season.
KW - climate reanalysis
KW - combining datasets
KW - CONUS
KW - measurement
KW - NASA
KW - remote sensing retrievals
KW - SCAN
KW - Soil moisture
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85166211398&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/01431161.2023.2237665
DO - 10.1080/01431161.2023.2237665
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85166211398
VL - 44
SP - 4639
EP - 4665
JO - International Journal of Remote Sensing
JF - International Journal of Remote Sensing
SN - 0143-1161
IS - 15
ER -