Predicting root zone soil moisture with satellite near-surface moisture data in semiarid environments

Salvatore Manfreda, University of Basilicata, DICEM, Potenza, Italy, Douglas C Baldwin, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States, Klaus Keller, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Geosciences, University Park, PA, United States, Erica A H Smithwick, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Geography and Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, University Park, United States and Kelly K Caylor, Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, NJ, United States