Improving calibration and validation of cosmic-ray neutron sensors in the light of spatial sensitivity

In the last few years the method of cosmic-ray neutron sensing (CRNS) has gained popularity among hydrologists, physicists, and land-surface modelers. The sensor provides continuous soil moisture data, averaged over several hectares and tens of decimeters in depth. However, the signal still may cont...

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Hauptverfasser: Schrön, Martin (VerfasserIn) , Köhli, Markus (VerfasserIn) , Weimar, Jannis (VerfasserIn) , Schmidt, Ulrich (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 6 October 2017
In: Hydrology and earth system sciences
Year: 2017, Jahrgang: 21, Heft: 10, Pages: 5009-5030
ISSN:1607-7938
DOI:10.5194/hess-21-5009-2017
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-5009-2017
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/21/5009/2017/
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Verfasserangaben:Martin Schrön, Markus Köhli, Lena Scheiffele, Joost Iwema, Heye R. Bogena, Ling Lv, Edoardo Martini, Gabriele Baroni, Rafael Rosolem, Jannis Weimar, Juliane Mai, Matthias Cuntz, Corinna Rebmann, Sascha E. Oswald, Peter Dietrich, Ulrich Schmidt, and Steffen Zacharias

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