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15 - General Engineering
University of Bristol
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Article title
COSMOS: the COsmic-ray Soil Moisture Observing System
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions
Article number
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Volume number
16
Issue number
11
First page of article
4079
ISSN of journal
1027-5606
Year of publication
2012
Number of additional authors
6
Additional information
Paper describes sensor network for producing real-time publicly-available soil-moisture-content data on unprecedentedly wide scale, for use in weather, flood and drought monitoring and forecasting. Measurement technique exploits slowing down of cosmic-ray neutrons that interact with hydrogen atoms in soil water. Number density of such neutrons is carefully calibrated to soil moisture using neutron-particle modelling. Data is presented from network installed across continental USA and now expanded globally [tinyurl.com/gen-eng-12]. Work was funded by $6.6M NSF Program Grant and is identified as research group highlight in REF5.
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
M - Water and Environment
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