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International Soil Moisture Network

In-situ soil moisture observations. Harmonised soil moisture from more than 70 networks.

Soil moisture, soil temperature and meteorological observations from contributing networks, harmonised and quality flagged. The main reference for validating satellite soil moisture.

Source
TU Wien
Resolution
Station data
Data type
Station data
Time span
1952–present
Temporal
Hourly to daily
Access type
Registration with provider · Free account
Formats
CEOP and header-values text
Coverage
Global (-180, -90, 180, 90)
Licence
Varies by network
Provider page
ismn.earth/en/

Cite as. Dorigo, W., et al. (2021). The International Soil Moisture Network: serving Earth system science for over a decade. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25, 5749–5804. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-5749-2021

Access

linkISMN data viewer and downloads

https://ismn.earth/en/dataviewer/

curl "https://hydrological.org/api/v1/datasets/ismn/links?bbox=-75,-20,-50,5" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

Also available as JSON: links · manifest · dataset record