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Looking at 2025 so far, the soil froze down to 50 inches when a cold snap hit in January, but began thawing out again in early March. When soils are unthawed, without cover, moisture can continue ...
AND THE FULL FORECAST JODI. OUCH. ALL RIGHT, ZAIN, THANK YOU. WELL, IOWA STILL DESPERATELY NEEDS ANY RAIN IT CAN GET. THE LATEST DROUGHT MONITOR MAP RELEASED YESTERDAY STILL SHOWS OVER 99% OF THE ...
Soil moisture influences many decisions by landowners and property managers. Determining the moisture level of precise locations is a daunting task, due, in part, to the many factors that can ...
From satellite at one pixel per 40 km resolution, this sensor shows soil moisture of a large region well, but when it zooms in to small parcels of land, like farms, golf courses or roadways, the ...
The current soil moisture stress in South Dakota could be more pronounced than we have seen in last few years because of an abnormally dry and warm 2021. Although, crop producers with established ...
A new downscaling method has been developed to generate high-resolution surface soil moisture (SSM) data for mountainous regions. By integrating land surface temperature (LST) and vegetation index ...
A new method harnessing the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) satellite constellation significantly ...