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
Contacts	Chunmei Wang , Xingfa Gu , Xiang Zhou , Jian Yang
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