Comparison of remotely-sensed and modeled soil moisture using CLM4.0 with in situ measurements in the central Tibetan Plateau area

Remotely sensed and modeled soil moisture products are widely used in hydro-meteorological, agricultural and other applications. However, both of them need to be validated by ground measurements before they can be used for different applications. Three remotely sensed soil moisture products and the simulated soil moisture using the Community Land Model version 4.0 (CLM4.0) were compared and verified with the in situ measurements from a …