COSMOS
| Country | USA |
| Stations | 109 |
| Organisation | University of Arizona |
| Contacts | Marek Zreda |
| Website |
http://cosmos.hwr.arizona.edu/ |
| Official References | Zreda M., Desilets D., Ferré Ty P.A., Scott R.L., “Measuring soil moisture content non-invasively at intermediate spatial scale using cosmic-ray neutrons”, Geophysical Research Letters 35(21), 2008. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008GL035655; Zreda, M., W.J. Shuttleworth, X. Zeng, C. Zweck, D. Desilets, T. Franz, and R. Rosolem, 2012. COSMOS: the COsmic-ray Soil Moisture Observing System. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 16, 4079-4099, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-16-4079-2012; |
| Variables measured |
soil moisture |
| Depths of soil moisture measurements |
0.00 - 0.04 m 0.00 - 0.05 m 0.00 - 0.06 m 0.00 - 0.07 m 0.00 - 0.08 m 0.00 - 0.09 m 0.00 - 0.10 m 0.00 - 0.11 m 0.00 - 0.12 m 0.00 - 0.13 m 0.00 - 0.14 m 0.00 - 0.15 m 0.00 - 0.16 m 0.00 - 0.17 m 0.00 - 0.18 m 0.00 - 0.19 m 0.00 - 0.20 m 0.00 - 0.21 m 0.00 - 0.22 m 0.00 - 0.23 m 0.00 - 0.24 m 0.00 - 0.25 m 0.00 - 0.26 m 0.00 - 0.27 m 0.00 - 0.28 m 0.00 - 0.29 m 0.00 - 0.30 m 0.00 - 0.31 m 0.00 - 0.32 m 0.00 - 0.33 m 0.00 - 0.34 m 0.00 - 0.36 m 0.00 - 0.37 m 0.00 - 0.38 m 0.00 - 0.39 m 0.00 - 0.40 m 0.00 - 0.41 m 0.00 - 0.44 m 0.00 - 0.55 m 0.00 - 0.69 m 0.00 - 0.90 m |
| Soil Moisture sensors used |
Cosmic-ray Probe |
| Data availability | from 2008-04-28 to 2020-03-29 |
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