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Developing National Soil Moisture Products to Improve Drought Monitoring, Phase 2
NIDIS-Supported Research
Main Summary
The primary goal of this collaborative project is to continue the development of national-scale in situ soil moisture information for multiple, diverse applications across the contiguous United States. This objective will be accomplished via four tasks:
- Sustain and enhance NationalSoilMoisture.com
- Validate and improve the accuracy of soil moisture products in forests
- Develop improved products for uncertainty propagation
- Develop a soil moisture-based flash drought early warning product
For more information, contact Marina Skumanich at marina.skumanich@noaa.gov.
Research Snapshot
Research Timeline
August 2020 – September 2023
Project Funding
NIDIS
Focus Areas (DEWS Components)
What to expect from this research
- Enhanced national soil moisture map/information product (currently residing at NationalSoilMoisture.com), including improved accuracy for forests
- Uncertainty layer addition to the soil moisture map/information product
- Flash drought early warning product using soil moisture
Related Data & Maps
The research-based website NationalSoilMoisture.com provides high-resolution gridded soil moisture products derived from in situ soil moisture measurements, Natural Resources Conserva
Key Regions
Research Scope
National
