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AVERAGE LAYER SOIL MOISTURE

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Definition

Average layer soil moisture is the depth-averaged amount of water present in a specific soil layer beneath the surface. Soil moisture content can be measured by Gravimetric Soil Moisture (GSM). It is the mass of water compared to the mass of solid materials per unit volume of soil. Soil moisture can also be expressed in Volumetric Soil Moisture (VSM) which is the volume of water per unit volume of soil. As water is of a known density, the mass of water per unit volume of soil (g/cm^3) can be easily determined.

Applications

  1. Evaporation and runoff modeling
  2. Agriculture issues
  3. Water cycle
  4. Energy cycle
  5. Weather forecast
  6. Climate prediction model

GES DISC Datasets

To access products that have a specific parameter click on the corresponding 'data access' links in the table below.

Parameter Units Platform /Instrument Data
Begin Date End Date Access Doc
Average Layer Soil Moisture kg/m^2 GLDAS Model 1979 2007 ftp Y

Other sources for data


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  • Last updated: April 07, 2008 13:04:03 GMT