Dynamic Soil Status

This page is a catalogue of digital soil resources available outside our organisation, related to dynamic soil status.

For other resources, please return to the Soil Geographic Databases starting page.

International Soil Moisture Network
“Soil moisture, which is the water stored in the upper soil layer, is a crucial parameter for a large number of applications, including numerical weather prediction, flood forecasting, agricultural drought assessment, water resources management, greenhouse gas accounting, civil protection, and epidemiological modeling of water borne diseases.
Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN)
From the (USA) National Water & Climate Center. Time-series of soil moisture, temperature, snowpack for scattered stations. Also has some records for Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands
National [USA] Integrated Drought Information System “Provides high-resolution gridded soil moisture products derived from in situ soil moisture measurements, Natural Resources Conservation Service SSURGO soil characteristics, and PRISM data. The project combines data from multiple federal, regional, and state agencies to create comprehensive data products for the United States, including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. These products include near real-time soil moisture percentiles derived from in situ data, modeled NLDAS data, and NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite, as well as a near real-time blended product.”
National [USA] Soil Moisture Network database
Maintained at Ohio State University by Steven Quiring. Harmonized and quality-controlled. Explained in this paper.