Soil Moisture

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There is wide interest for use of satellites to measure environmental factors globally--with respect to alleged global warming and to address feeding the world. Among the most fundamental bases of agriculture is the water content of soil during crop growth. So, inference of soil moisture through remote sensing techniques has been researched for two decades.

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"SOIL MOISTURE AND ITS INFERENCE VIA REMOTE SENSING

INTRODUCTION
There is wide interest for use of satellites to measure environmental factors globally--with respect to alleged global warming and to address feeding the world. Among the most fundamental bases of agriculture is the water content of soil during crop growth. So, inference of soil moisture through remote sensing techniques has been researched for two decades.

SOIL MOISTURE
Soil moisture is water held--Marshall uses "retention" (16:7)--within earthen pore spaces. Ogrosky and Mockus tabulated "Moisture Holding Capacities," from 0.4 in./ft. of soil for sand to 2.00-3.00 in./ft. for peats (18:21-83). These are maximum amounts soils will retain; often soils are drier than this."

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