UMBRIA

Country	Italy
Stations	13
Organisation	Civil Protection Functional Centre Research Institute for Geo-Hydological Protection Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerca (CNR), Perugia
Contact	Nicola Berni
Website	http://www.cfumbria.it/ http://hydrology.irpi.cnr.it/
Official References	Brocca, L., Hasenauer, S., Lacava, T., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., Wagner, W., Dorigo, W., Matgen, P., Martínez-Fernández, J., Llorens, P., Latron, J., Martin, C., Bittelli, M. (2011). Soil moisture estimation through ASCAT and AMSR-E sensors: an intercomparison and validation study across Europe. Remote Sensing of Environment, 115, 3390-3408, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2011.08.003. Brocca, L., Melone, F., Moramarco, T. (2008). On the estimation of antecedent wetness condition in rainfall-runoff modelling. Hydrological Processes, 22 (5), 629-642. Brocca, L., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., Morbidelli, R. (2009). Antecedent wetness conditions based on ERS scatterometer data. Journal of Hydrology, 364 (1-2), 73-87.
Variables measured	air temperature precipitation soil moisture
Depths of soil moisture measurements	0.05 - 0.15 m 0.15 - 0.25 m 0.25 - 0.35 m 0.35 - 0.45 m 0.45 - 0.55 m
Soil Moisture sensors used	EnviroSMART ThetaProbe ML2X EnviroSCAN
Data availability	from 2002-10-09 to 2017-12-31