Soil moisture measurement is fundamental to understanding hydrological processes, crop water dynamics, and broader environmental monitoring. Recent advancements have driven the development of ...

A new research study by Harvard faculty is shedding light on the significant influence of water supply on global crop yields and its connection to climate change. The team — led by Harvard Earth and ...

With its antenna now spinning at full speed, NASA’s new Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory has successfully re-tested its science instruments and generated its first global maps, a key ...

Using state of the art techniques, researchers use vibrations from traffic to measure underground soil moisture. Caltech researchers have developed a new method to measure soil moisture in the shallow ...

The study areas, the land cover types, and measurement sites in the Shandian River Basin and Naqu. The training sites are labeled with red, and the validation sites are marked with orange. Soil ...

During a recent Practical Applications of Soil Moisture Information webinar, South Dakota State Climatologist Laura Edwards described how her office uses information about soil moisture levels to ...

NASA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have teamed up to produce a new tool that will provide farmers, meteorologists and researchers with access to high-resolution data on soil moisture.

WASHINGTON — Farmers, researchers, meteorologists and others now have access to high-resolution NASA data on soil moisture, thanks to a new tool developed by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics ...

The tool provides more thorough spatial coverage and consistency than other soil moisture measurement methods, said Rajat Bindlish, a research associate in Earth science remote sensing at NASA’s ...