Special Issue on Satellite Soil Moisture published in JAG

Wouter Dorigo has been guest editor of a special issue on “The advances in the validation and application of remotely sensed soil moisture” in the International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation (IF 3.5). The aim of this special issue is to give a comprehensive state-of-the-art on the potential and limitations of various new satellite products, in particular with respect to the various application fields. The Special Issue contains 26 contributions in total, separated into two parts:

• Part 1 primarily focuses on single sensor soil moisture retrievals and product validation and is available online at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03032434/45/part/PB
• Part 2 focuses on soil moisture applications, in particular those using the long-term soil moisture dataset generated within ESA's Climate Change Initiative for soil moisture, a project in which TU Wien plays a leading role. Part 2 can be accessed at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03032434/48

The special issue features several contributions with TU Wien participation:

• Dorigo, W, de Jeu, R. (2016). Satellite soil moisture for advancing our understanding of earth system processes and climate change, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 48, 2016, 1-4, doi: 10.1016/j.jag.2016.02.007

• De Jeu, R., Dorigo, W. (2016). On the importance of satellite-observed soil moisture. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 45, part B,107-109, doi: 10.1016/j.jag.2015.10.007

• Griesfeller, A., Lahoz,  W. A., de Jeu, R. A. M, Dorigo, W., Haugen, L. E., Svendby, T. M., Wagner, W. (2016). Evaluation of satellite soil moisture products over Norway using ground-based observations.  International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 45, part B, 155 - 164, doi: 10.1016/j.jag.2015.04.016

• Gruber, A., Su, C.-H., Zwieback, S., Crow, W., Dorigo, W., Wagner, W. (2016). Recent advances in (soil moisture) triple collocation analysis. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 45, part B, 200-211. doi:10.1016/j.jag.2015.09.002

• Laiolo, P., Gabellani, S., Campo, L. , Silvestro, F., Delogu, F., Rudari, R., Pulvirenti, L., Boni, G., Fascetti, F., Pierdicca, N. , Crapolicchio, R., Hasenauer, S., Puca, S.  (2016). Impact of different satellite soil moisture products on the predictions of a continuous distributed hydrological model. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 48, 131-145, doi: 10.1016/j.jag.2015.06.002

• Ciabatta, L., Brocca, L., Massari, C., Moramarco, T., Gabellani, S., Puca, S., Wagner, W. (2016). Rainfall-runoff modelling by using SM2RAIN-derived and state-of-the-art satellite rainfall products over Italy. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 48, 163-17, doi: 10.1016/j.jag.2015.10.004