Virtual Joint Field Campaign: a framework of synthetic landscapes to assess multiscale measurement methods of water storage

Till Francke, Cosimo Brogi, Alby Duarte Rocha, Michael Förster, Maik Heistermann, Markus Köhli, Daniel Rasche, Marvin Reich, Paul Schattan, Lena Scheiffele, and Martin Schrön

Data sets

Virtual joint field campaign: a framework of synthetic landscapes to assess multiscale measurement methods of water storage Till Francke https://doi.org/10.23728/B2SHARE.B79DB8297F4A463996DC14C0EF897C2C

vJFC Till Francke https://b2drop.eudat.eu/s/DoFfxQx6cWFSAPq

Model code and software

crns4snow/yulia Paul Schattan https://gitlab.com/crns4snow/yulia

Uranos Markus Köhli https://gitlab.com/mkoehli/uranos

AlbyDR/rSCOPE Alby Duarte Rocha https://github.com/AlbyDR/rSCOPE

Christiaanvandertol/SCOPE Christiaan van der Tol https://github.com/Christiaanvandertol/SCOPE

CRNS/cornish_pasdy Martin Schrön https://git.ufz.de/CRNS/cornish_pasdy

cosmic-sense/uranostools Martin Schrön https://github.com/cosmic-sense/uranostools

Short summary

Multiple methods for measuring soil moisture beyond the point scale exist. Their validation is generally hindered by not knowing the truth. We propose a virtual framework in which this truth is fully known and the sensor observations for cosmic ray neutron sensing, remote sensing, and hydrogravimetry are simulated. This allows for the rigorous testing of these virtual sensors to understand their effectiveness and limitations.