A group of researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has unveiled a pioneering method to measure soil moisture in the vadose zone-the shallow region between the earth's surface ...

The spatial distribution of selected International Soil Moisture Network (ISMN) stations (red-filled circles) used in this study across different Land Use and Land Cover(LULC) classifications. The ...

While it's important to keep crops irrigated, you certainly don't want to overwater them – particularly in regions where water is scarce. With that in mind, scientists have now developed a method of ...

Using state of the art techniques, researchers use vibrations from traffic to measure underground soil moisture. Caltech researchers have developed a new method to measure soil moisture in the shallow ...

Ground penetrating radar measures the amount of moisture in soil quickly and easily. Researchers' calculations from the data informs agricultural water use and climate models. Ground penetrating radar ...

The National Integrated Drought Information System and the National Weather Service hosted the first in a two-part series of webinars on soil moisture data and applications. The first was held Feb. 22 ...

SOIL permeability or hydraulic conductivity is of great importance in the engineering design of foundations, dams, sub-surface drainage systems, irrigation systems, etc. In spite of its importance, ...

Photo: CU-Boulder aerospace engineering sciences Professor Kristine Larson. A research team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder has found a clever way to use traditional GPS satellite signals ...

As ESA’s SMOS mission nears the end of its commissioning, a new network will provide harmonised global datasets of soil moisture measurements collected from the ground, ensuring the data received from ...

It takes only a glance to see drought's signature in the parched stubble and powdery soil. Now it takes only a computer to see drought 30 inches below, where the grasshoppers march. Several Montana ...

Caltech researchers have developed a new method to measure soil moisture in the shallow subterranean region between the surface and underground aquifers. This region, called the vadose zone, is ...