Mapping root zone soil moisture using remotely sensed optical imagery

Scott, C. A.; Bastiaanssen, W. G. M.; Ahmad, Mobin-ud -Din. 2003. Mapping root zone soil moisture using remotely sensed optical imagery. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 129(5):326-335.

Field-based soil moisture measurements are cumbersome. Remote sensing techniques based on active or passive microwave data have limitations. This paper presents and validates a new method based on land surface energy balances using remotely sensed optical data (including thermal infrared),