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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-1125-2022
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Data description paper
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11 Mar 2022
Data description paper |
| 11 Mar 2022
| 11 Mar 2022
COSMOS-Europe: a European network of cosmic-ray neutron soil moisture sensors
Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
Martin Schrön
Department of Monitoring and Exploration Technologies, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Jannis Jakobi
Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
Patrizia Ney
Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
Steffen Zacharias
Department of Monitoring and Exploration Technologies, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Mie Andreasen
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, 1350 Copenhagen, Denmark
Roland Baatz
Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
David Boorman
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX108BB, UK
Mustafa Berk Duygu
Water Resources Laboratory of Civil Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
Miguel Angel Eguibar-Galán
Research Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (IIAMA),
Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Benjamin Fersch
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus Alpine (IMK-IFU), 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Till Franke
Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of
Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
Josie Geris
Northern Rivers Institute, School of Geosciences, University of
Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
María González Sanchis
Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering Department, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Yann Kerr
CNES, CNRS, INRAE, IRD, UPS, CESBIO Université Toulouse 3, 31401 Toulouse, France
Tobias Korf
Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
Zalalem Mengistu
Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, 0301 Oslo, Norway
Arnaud Mialon
CNES, CNRS, INRAE, IRD, UPS, CESBIO Université Toulouse 3, 31401 Toulouse, France
Paolo Nasta
Department of Agricultural Sciences, AFBE Division, University of Naples
Federico II, Portici, Naples, Italy
Jerzy Nitychoruk
Faculty of Economic Sciences and Technology, Pope John Paul II State School of Higher Education, 95/97, Biala
Podlaska, Poland
Vassilios Pisinaras
Soil and Water Resources Institute, Hellenic Agricultural
Organization “DEMETER”, 57400 Sindos, Thessaloniki, Greece
Daniel Rasche
Section Hydrology, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Rafael Rosolem
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol, BS81TH
Bristol, UK
Hami Said
Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, Soil and Water Management and Crop Nutrition Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency,
Vienna, Austria
Paul Schattan
Institute of Geography, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Marek Zreda
Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Stefan Achleitner
Institute of Geography, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Eduardo Albentosa-Hernández
Research Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (IIAMA),
Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Zuhal Akyürek
Water Resources Laboratory of Civil Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
Theresa Blume
Section Hydrology, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Antonio del Campo
Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering Department, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Davide Canone
Department of Regional and Urban Planning, Polytechnic University of Turin, 10125 Turin, Italy
Katya Dimitrova-Petrova
Northern Rivers Institute, School of Geosciences, University of
Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
John G. Evans
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX108BB, UK
Stefano Ferraris
Department of Regional and Urban Planning, Polytechnic University of Turin, 10125 Turin, Italy
Félix Frances
Research Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (IIAMA),
Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Davide Gisolo
Department of Regional and Urban Planning, Polytechnic University of Turin, 10125 Turin, Italy
Andreas Güntner
Section Hydrology, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Frank Herrmann
Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
Joost Iwema
Wageningen Environmental Research, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Karsten H. Jensen
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Harald Kunstmann
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus Alpine (IMK-IFU), 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Institute of Geography, University of Augsburg, 86159 Augsburg,
Germany
Antonio Lidón
Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering Department, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Majken Caroline Looms
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sascha Oswald
Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of
Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
Andreas Panagopoulos
Soil and Water Resources Institute, Hellenic Agricultural
Organization “DEMETER”, 57400 Sindos, Thessaloniki, Greece
Amol Patil
Institute of Geography, University of Augsburg, 86159 Augsburg,
Germany
Daniel Power
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol, BS81TH
Bristol, UK
Corinna Rebmann
Department of Monitoring and Exploration Technologies, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Nunzio Romano
Department of Agricultural Sciences, AFBE Division, University of Naples
Federico II, Portici, Naples, Italy
Lena Scheiffele
Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of
Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
Sonia Seneviratne
Department of Environmental Systems Science, CHN N 11, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Georg Weltin
Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, Soil and Water Management and Crop Nutrition Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency,
Vienna, Austria
Harry Vereecken
Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
Data sets
COSMOS-Europe: A European network of Cosmic-Ray Neutron Soil Moisture Sensors: https://teodoor.icg.kfa-juelich.de/ibg3butt/ibg.butt.download?FileIdentifier$=$8e5db846-96d7-491f-9d6c-dbf61423342d Heye Bogena and Patrizia Ney https://doi.org/10.34731/x9s3-kr48
Short summary
Monitoring of increasingly frequent droughts is a prerequisite for climate adaptation strategies. This data paper presents long-term soil moisture measurements recorded by 66 cosmic-ray neutron sensors (CRNS) operated by 24 institutions and distributed across major climate zones in Europe. Data processing followed harmonized protocols and state-of-the-art methods to generate consistent and comparable soil moisture products and to facilitate continental-scale analysis of hydrological extremes.
Monitoring of increasingly frequent droughts is a prerequisite for climate adaptation...
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