COSMOS: the COsmic-ray Soil Moisture Observing System

The newly-developed cosmic-ray method for measuring area-average soil moisture at the hectometer horizontal scale is being implemented in the COsmic-ray Soil Moisture Observing System (or the COSMOS). The stationary cosmic-ray soil moisture probe measures the neutrons that are generated by cosmic ra...

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Main Authors: M. Zreda, W. J. Shuttleworth, X. Zeng, C. Zweck, D. Desilets, T. Franz, R. Rosolem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-11-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/16/4079/2012/hess-16-4079-2012.pdf