Assessment of regional soil moisture conditions by coupling satellite sensor data with a soil-plant system heat and moisture balance model

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Abstract
Assessment of regional soil moisture conditions is important for agricultural water management, crop yield modelling and meteorological and climatic studies. This paper presents the results of an integrated remote sensing-based modelling study to estimate and map root-zone soil moisture potential, using a soil-plant system-heat and moisture balance model. The model utilizes satellite derived surface temperature, albedo, land cover and soil textural data bases and ground collected agro-meteorological data as inputs.