SONTE-China

Country	China
Stations	20
Organisation	Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and National Engineering Research Center of Satellite Remote Sensing Applications
Contact	Xingfa Gu, Xiang Zhou, Jian Yang and Chunmei Wang
Website	no link available
Official References	Bingze Li, Chunmei Wang, Xingfa Gu, Xiang Zhou et al. 2022. Accuracy calibration and evaluation of capacitance-based soil moisture sensors for a variety of soil properties. Agricultural Water Management, 273, 107913. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107913. Leran Han, Chunmei Wang, Tao Yu, Xingfa Gu et al. High-Precision soil moisture mapping based on multi-model coupling and background knowledge, over vegetated areas using Chinese GF-3 and GF-1 satellite data. Remote Sensing, 2020, 12(13):2123.
Variables measured	soil moisture soil temperature
Depths of soil moisture measurements	0.05 - 0.05 m 0.10 - 0.10 m 0.20 - 0.20 m 0.40 - 0.40 m
Soil Moisture sensors used	5TM
Data availability	from 2021-01-01 to 2022-01-01