Satellite soil moisture retrieval: techniques and applications edited by Prashant K. Srivastava, George P. Petropoulos, Yann H. Kerr

Section I Introduction 1. Soil Moisture from Space: Techniques and Limitations Y.H. Kerr, J.-P. Wigneron, A. Al Bitar, A. Mialon and P.K. Srivastava 2. Available Data Sets and Satellites for Terrestrial Soil Moisture Estimation P.K. Srivastava, V. Pandey, S. Suman, M. Gupta and T. Islam Section II Optical and Infrared Techniques & Synergies Between them 3. Soil Moisture Retrievals Using Optical/TIR Methods P. Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran and A. Berg 4. Optical/Thermal-Based Techniques for Subsurface Soil Moisture Estimation M. Holzman and R. Rivas 5. Spatiotemporal Estimates of Surface Soil Moisture from Space Using the Ts/VI Feature Space G.P. Petropoulos, G. Ireland, H. Griffiths, T. Islam, D. Kalivas, V. Anagnostopoulos, C. Hodges and P.K. Srivastava 6. Spatial Downscaling of Passive Microwave Data With Visible-to-Infrared Information for High-Resolution Soil Moisture Mapping M. Piles and N. Sanchez 7. Soil Moisture Retrieved From a Combined Optical and Passive Microwave Approach: Theory and Applications C. Mattar, A. Santamaria-Artigas1, J. A. Sobrino, J.C. Jimenez - Munoz Section III Microwave Soil Moisture Retrieval Techniques 8. Nonparametric Model for the Retrieval of Soil Moisture by Microwave Remote Sensing D.K. Gupta, R. Prasad, P.K. Srivastava and T. Islam 9. Temperature-Dependent Spectroscopic Dielectric Model at 0.05-16 GHz for a Thawed and Frozen Alaskan Organic Soil V. Mironov and I. Savin 10. Active and Passive Microwave Remote Sensing Synergy for Soil Moisture Estimation R. Akbar, N. Das, D. Entekhabi and M. Moghaddam 11. Intercomparison of Soil Moisture Retrievals From In Situ, ASAR, and ECV SM Data Sets Over Different European Sites B. Barrett, C. Pratola, A. Gruber and E. Dwyer Section IV Advanced Applications of Soil Moisture 12. Use of Satellite Soil Moisture Products for the Operational Mitigation of Landslides Risk in Central Italy 13. Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture as a Key Variable in Wildfires Prevention Services: Towards New Prediction Tools Using SMOS and SMAP Data D. Chaparro, M. Piles and M. Vall-llossera 14. Integrative Use of Near-Surface Satellite Soil Moisture and Precipitation for Estimation of Improved Irrigation Scheduling Parameters M. Gupta, P.K. Srivastava and T. Islam 15. A Comparative Study on SMOS and NLDAS-2 Soil Moistures Over a Hydrological Basin-With Continental Climate 16. Continental Scale Monitoring of Subdaily and Daily Evapotranspiration Enhanced by the Assimilation of Surface Soil Moisture Derived from Thermal Infrared Geostationary Data 17. Soil Moisture Deficit Estimation Through SMOS Soil Moisture and MODIS Land Surface Temperature P.K. Srivastava, T. Islam, S.K. Singh, M. Gupta, George P. Petropoulos, D.K. Gupta, W.Z. Wan Jaafar and R. Prasad Section V Future Challenges in Soil Moisture Retrieval and Applications 18. Soil Moisture Retrievals Based on Active and Passive Microwave Data: State-of-the-Art and Operational Applications J. Munoz-Sabater, A. Al Bitar and L. Brocca 19. Emerging and Potential Future Applications of Satellite-Based Soil Moisture Products E. Tebbs, F. Gerard, A. Petrie and E. De Witte