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COSMOS-Europe: a European network of cosmic-ray neutron soil moisture sensors

Authors :
Heye Reemt Bogena
Martin Schrön
Jannis Jakobi
Patrizia Ney
Steffen Zacharias
Mie Andreasen
Roland Baatz
David Boorman
Mustafa Berk Duygu
Miguel Angel Eguibar-Galán
Benjamin Fersch
Till Franke
Josie Geris
María González Sanchis
Yann Kerr
Tobias Korf
Zalalem Mengistu
Arnaud Mialon
Paolo Nasta
Jerzy Nitychoruk
Vassilios Pisinaras
Daniel Rasche
Rafael Rosolem
Hami Said
Paul Schattan
Marek Zreda
Stefan Achleitner
Eduardo Albentosa-Hernández
Zuhal Akyürek
Theresa Blume
Antonio del Campo
Davide Canone
Katya Dimitrova-Petrova
John G. Evans
Stefano Ferraris
Félix Frances
Davide Gisolo
Andreas Güntner
Frank Herrmann
Joost Iwema
Karsten H. Jensen
Harald Kunstmann
Antonio Lidón
Majken Caroline Looms
Sascha Oswald
Andreas Panagopoulos
Amol Patil
Daniel Power
Corinna Rebmann
Nunzio Romano
Lena Scheiffele
Sonia Seneviratne
Georg Weltin
Harry Vereecken
Bogena, Heye Reemt
Schrön, Martin
Jakobi, Janni
Ney, Patrizia
Zacharias, Steffen
Andreasen, Mie
Baatz, Roland
Boorman, David
Duygu, Mustafa Berk
Eguibar-Galán, Miguel Angel
Fersch, Benjamin
Franke, Till
Geris, Josie
González Sanchis, María
Kerr, Yann
Korf, Tobia
Mengistu, Zalalem
Mialon, Arnaud
Nasta, Paolo
Nitychoruk, Jerzy
Pisinaras, Vassilio
Rasche, Daniel
Rosolem, Rafael
Said, Hami
Schattan, Paul
Zreda, Marek
Achleitner, Stefan
Albentosa-Hernández, Eduardo
Akyürek, Zuhal
Blume, Theresa
del Campo, Antonio
Canone, Davide
Dimitrova-Petrova, Katya
Evans, John G.
Ferraris, Stefano
Frances, Félix
Gisolo, Davide
Güntner, Andrea
Herrmann, Frank
Iwema, Joost
Jensen, Karsten H.
Kunstmann, Harald
Lidón, Antonio
Looms, Majken Caroline
Oswald, Sascha
Panagopoulos, Andrea
Patil, Amol
Power, Daniel
Rebmann, Corinna
Romano, Nunzio
Scheiffele, Lena
Seneviratne, Sonia
Weltin, Georg
Vereecken, Harry
Centre d'études spatiales de la biosphère (CESBIO)
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3)
Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP)
Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)
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Earth System Science Data, 14(3), 1125-1151, Earth System Science Data, 14 (3), Earth System Science Data, Earth System Science Data, 2022, 14, pp.1125-1151. ⟨10.5194/essd-14-1125-2022⟩, Earth System Science Data, 14 (3), 1125–1151, Bogena, H R, Schrön, M, Jakobi, J, Ney, P, Zacharias, S, Andreasen, M, Baatz, R, Boorman, D, Duygu, M B, Eguibar-galán, M A, Fersch, B, Franke, T, Geris, J, González Sanchis, M, Kerr, Y, Korf, T, Mengistu, Z, Mialon, A, Nasta, P, Nitychoruk, J, Pisinaras, V, Rasche, D, Rosolem, R, Said, H, Schattan, P, Zreda, M, Achleitner, S, Albentosa-hernández, E, Akyürek, Z, Blume, T, Del Campo, A, Canone, D, Dimitrova-petrova, K, Evans, J G, Ferraris, S, Frances, F, Gisolo, D, Güntner, A, Herrmann, F, Iwema, J, Jensen, K H, Kunstmann, H, Lidón, A, Looms, M C, Oswald, S, Panagopoulos, A, Patil, A, Power, D, Rebmann, C, Romano, N, Scheiffele, L, Seneviratne, S, Weltin, G & Vereecken, H 2022, ' COSMOS-Europe : a European network of cosmic-ray neutron soil moisture sensors ', Earth System Science Data, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 1125-1151 . https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-1125-2022, Earth system science data 14(3), 1125-1151 (2022). doi:10.5194/essd-14-1125-2022, Earth System Science Data 14 (2022) 3
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

Climate change increases the occurrence and severity of droughts due to increasing temperatures, altered circulation patterns, and reduced snow occurrence. While Europe has suffered from drought events in the last decade unlike ever seen since the beginning of weather recordings, harmonized long-term datasets across the continent are needed to monitor change and support predictions. Here we present soil moisture data from 66 cosmic-ray neutron sensors (CRNSs) in Europe (COSMOS-Europe for short) covering recent drought events. The CRNS sites are distributed across Europe and cover all major land use types and climate zones in Europe. The raw neutron count data from the CRNS stations were provided by 24 research institutions and processed using state-of-the-art methods. The harmonized processing included correction of the raw neutron counts and a harmonized methodology for the conversion into soil moisture based on available in situ information. In addition, the uncertainty estimate is provided with the dataset, information that is particularly useful for remote sensing and modeling applications. This paper presents the current spatiotemporal coverage of CRNS stations in Europe and describes the protocols for data processing from raw measurements to consistent soil moisture products. The data of the presented COSMOS-Europe network open up a manifold of potential applications for environmental research, such as remote sensing data validation, trend analysis, or model assimilation The dataset could be of particular importance for the analysis of extreme climatic events at the continental scale. Due its timely relevance in the scope of climate change in the recent years, we demonstrate this potential application with a brief analysis on the spatiotemporal soil moisture variability. The dataset, entitled "Dataset of COSMOS-Europe: A European network of Cosmic-Ray Neutron Soil Moisture Sensors", is shared via Forschungszentrum Julich: https://doi.org/10.34731/x9s3-kr48 (Bogena and Ney, 2021).<br />Earth System Science Data, 14 (3)<br />ISSN:1866-3516<br />ISSN:1866-3508

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Language :
English
ISSN :
18663516 and 18663508
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Earth System Science Data, 14(3), 1125-1151, Earth System Science Data, 14 (3), Earth System Science Data, Earth System Science Data, 2022, 14, pp.1125-1151. ⟨10.5194/essd-14-1125-2022⟩, Earth System Science Data, 14 (3), 1125–1151, Bogena, H R, Schrön, M, Jakobi, J, Ney, P, Zacharias, S, Andreasen, M, Baatz, R, Boorman, D, Duygu, M B, Eguibar-galán, M A, Fersch, B, Franke, T, Geris, J, González Sanchis, M, Kerr, Y, Korf, T, Mengistu, Z, Mialon, A, Nasta, P, Nitychoruk, J, Pisinaras, V, Rasche, D, Rosolem, R, Said, H, Schattan, P, Zreda, M, Achleitner, S, Albentosa-hernández, E, Akyürek, Z, Blume, T, Del Campo, A, Canone, D, Dimitrova-petrova, K, Evans, J G, Ferraris, S, Frances, F, Gisolo, D, Güntner, A, Herrmann, F, Iwema, J, Jensen, K H, Kunstmann, H, Lidón, A, Looms, M C, Oswald, S, Panagopoulos, A, Patil, A, Power, D, Rebmann, C, Romano, N, Scheiffele, L, Seneviratne, S, Weltin, G & Vereecken, H 2022, ' COSMOS-Europe : a European network of cosmic-ray neutron soil moisture sensors ', Earth System Science Data, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 1125-1151 . https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-1125-2022, Earth system science data 14(3), 1125-1151 (2022). doi:10.5194/essd-14-1125-2022, Earth System Science Data 14 (2022) 3
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....068993b135924fd119ddbc2f91dc3f20
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-1125-2022⟩