Enhancing Agricultural Resilience and Water Security Using Cosmic-Ray Neutron Technology
Closed for Proposals
Project Type
Coordinated Research ProjectProject Code
D12014
CRP
2188
Approved Date
01.04.2019Project Status
ClosedStart Date
13.06.2019Expected End Date
12.06.2024Completed Date
26.09.2024Participating Countries
Brazil, China, Denmark, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Kingdom of the Netherlands, United States of AmericaDescription
The impacts of drought and flooding due to soil water shortage, soil water saturation or soil structure damage can be detrimental to agricultural production and social and economic impact affecting rural communities. This CRP aims to use innovative in-situ and cost-effective nuclear and related conventional tools for assessing the impact of these emergencies on agricultural production using in-situ and mobile cosmic ray neutron probes, airborne multispectral analysis for soil water and crop water status monitoring, wireless soil water point measurements, and IT tools for online emergency information management. This work can also improve climate change related emergency preparedness in agriculture in Member States.
Objectives
Establishing landscape soil moisture sensing using novel CRNS for improving agricultural water management practices and climate resilience strategies
Specific Objectives
Advancing the capabilities of CRNS for Best Management Practices (BMP) in irrigated and rainfed agricultural production systems
Integrating CRNS, GRS, remote sensing and hydrological modelling for improving agricultural water management and its resilience at regional scales
Developing the approaches using CRNS and GRS for long-term soil moisture monitoring in agricultural systems and early warning systems for flood and drought management
Advancing the capabilities of CRNS for Best Management Practices (BMP) in irrigated and rainfed agricultural production systems
Integrating CRNS, GRS, remote sensing and hydrological modelling for improving agricultural water management and its resilience at regional scales
Developing the approaches using CRNS and GRS for long-term soil moisture monitoring in agricultural systems and early warning systems for flood and drought management
Impact
The CRP had a great impact on the soil science research community involved in the participating countries. The CRNS monitoring activities for enhancing agricultural water management was encouraged. The results of the CRP were published and widely disseminated. This CRP had a great impact also on education. In total 14 PhD projects and 14 MSc projects were based on this CRP.
Relevance
Based on the outcomes and methodological advancements of the CRNS within this CRP, it has attracted significant attention from Member States. As CRNS technology has matured under this CRP, it is now ready for broader exploitation, enabling the establishment and expansion of long-term soil moisture monitoring globally. In particular, increasing soil moisture monitoring in the Global South is critical for better understanding and utilizing soil moisture in smart agriculture and hydrological modelling. As a result, several TCPs—national, regional, and interregional—were initiated by the IAEA, including among others, RAF5086: Promoting Sustainable Agriculture under Changing Climatic Conditions Using Nuclear Technology and RER5028: Improving Efficiency in Water and Soil Management. A total of 50 CRNS units are currently being procured across these TCPs. Furthermore, the CRNS technology will be disseminated through extrabudgetary IAEA projects such as Soil Mapping for Resilient Agrifood Systems (SoilFER), funded by the United States.
CRP Publications
USA and Italy
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Scheiffele, Lena M., Gabriele Baroni, Trenton E. Franz, Jannis Jakobi, and Sascha E. Oswald. “A Profile Shape Correction to Reduce the Vertical Sensitivity of Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensing of Soil Moisture.” Vadose Zone Journal 19, no. 1 (2020): e20083.
China
Research paper in international scientific journal
2019
Yu Feng; Weiping Hao, Lili Gao; Haoru Li; Daozhi Gong; Ningbo Cui. Comparison of maize water consumption at different scales between mulched and non-mulched croplands. Agricultural Water Management, 2019, 216(5): 315-324.
USA
Research paper in international scientific journal
2022
Becker SM, Franz TE, Abimbola O, Steele DD, Flores JP, Jia X, Scherer TF, Rudnick DR, Neale CM (2022) Feasibility assessment on use of proximal geophysical sensors to support precision management. Vadose Zone Journal, e20228. https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20228
China
Research paper in international scientific journal
2019
Yu Feng; Weiping Hao, Lili Gao; Haoru Li; Daozhi Gong; Ningbo Cui. Comparison of maize water consumption at different scales between mulched and non-mulched croplands. Agricultural Water Management, 2019, 216(5): 315-324.
Italy
Research paper in international scientific journal
2019
Stevanato, Luca, Gabriele Baroni, YafitCohen, Fontana Cristiano Lino, Simone Gatto, Marcello Lunardon, Francesco Marinello, Sandra Moretto, and Luca Morselli. 2019. “A Novel Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensor for Soil Moisture Estimation over Large Areas.” Agriculture 9, 14p.
Italy
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Luís Romero Barbosa, Victor Hugo R. Coelho, Lena M. Scheiffele, Gabriele Baroni, Geraldo M. Ramos Filho, Suzana M. G. L. Montenegro, Cristiano das N. Almeida, Sascha E. Oswald, Dynamic Groundwater Recharge Simulations based on Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensing in a Tropical Wet Experimental Basin. 22p.
Brazil
Research paper in international scientific journal
2023
Zimmer, T. ; Souza, V. A. ; Romio, L. C. ; Buligon, L. ; Veeck, G. P. ; Stefanello, M. B. ; Roberti, Debora R. (2023). Estimation of soil thermal properties using conduction and conduction-convection heat transfer equations in the Brazilian Pampa biome. Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, v. 338, p. 109517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109517
Mexico
Conference paper
2020
Yepez, E., Martínez-García L., Sanchez-Mejia, Z., Gaxiola, F., Alvarez-Yepiz J. C., Torres-Velazquez J. R., Penuelas-Rubio, O. (2020) Cosmic ray technology to determine soil moisture at a wheat field in Yaqui Valley. V Congreso Nacional de Tecnología y Ciencias Ambientales. October 20-23, 2020.
UK
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Katya Dimitrova-Petrova, Josie Geris, Mark E. Wilkinson, Rafae lRosolem, Lucile Verrot, Allan Lilly, Chris Soulsby, (2020). Opportunities and challenges in using catchment-scale storage estimates from cosmic ray neutron sensors for rainfall-runoff modelling. Journal of Hydrology, 15p.
Brazil
Research paper in international scientific journal
2022
Bárbara Pereira Christofaro Silva, Diego Tassinari, Marx Leandro Naves Silva, Bruno Montoani Silva, Nilton Curi, Humberto Ribeiro da Rocha, 2022. Nonlinear models for soil moisture sensor calibration in tropical mountainous soils. Soils and Plant Nutrition ? Sci. agric. (Piracicaba, Braz.) 79 (4)
Mexico
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Sanchez-Mejia, Z. M., Yepez, E., Gaxiola, F., Rubio, O. P., Velázquez, J. R. T., Alvarez-Yepiz, J. C., Garatuza-Payan, J. (2020). Flood irrigation agriculture: the challenges of in-situ soil moisture monitoring in lands with high clay content, Earth and Space Science Open Archive ESSOAr.
China
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Bin Zhu, Yu Feng, Daozhi Gong, Shouzheng Jiang, Lu Zhao, Ningbo Cui. 2020. Hybrid particle swarm optimization with extreme learning machine for daily reference evapotranspiration prediction from limited climatic data. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 173
USA
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Franz, T. E., A. Wahbi, J. Zhang, M. Vreugdenhil, L. Heng, G. Dercon, P. Strauss, L. Brocca, and W. Wagner (2020), Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensor: From Measurement of Soil Water Content Data to Practical Applications, Frontiers in Water, 2, 9.
China
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Myint Thidar, Daozhi Gong, Xurong Mei, Lili Gao, Haoru Li, Weiping Hao, Fengxue Gu, 2020. Mulching improved soil water, root distribution and yield of maize in the Loess Plateau of Northwest China, Agricultural Water Management, Volume 241, 19p. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106340
Netherlands
Research paper in international scientific journal
2024
Koomans, R., Sarlemijn, R., & Veeke, S. (2024). Drone-borne Gamma-Ray Spectrometry to Map Natural Radionuclide Concentrations and Detect Changes in Soil Moisture. Agriculture and Geophysics: Illuminating the Subsurface, 21. https://doi.org/10.62329/YGEY2799
USA and Italy
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Scheiffele, Lena M., Gabriele Baroni, Trenton E. Franz, Jannis Jakobi, and Sascha E. Oswald. “A Profile Shape Correction to Reduce the Vertical Sensitivity of Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensing of Soil Moisture.” Vadose Zone Journal 19, no. 1 (2020): e20083.
China
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Zheng, Shunsheng & Cui, Ningbo & Gong, Daozhi & Wang, Yaosheng & Hu, Xiaotao & Feng, Yu & Zhang, Yixuan, 2020. "Relationship between stable carbon isotope discrimination and water use efficiency under deficit drip irrigation of kiwifruit in the humid areas of South China," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 240(C).
Italy
Research paper in international scientific journal
2021
Luís Romero Barbosa, Victor Hugo R. Coelho, Lena M. Scheiffele, Gabriele Baroni, Geraldo M. Ramos Filho, Suzana M. G. L. Montenegro, Cristiano das N. Almeida, Sascha E. Oswald, Dynamic Groundwater Recharge Simulations based on Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensing in a Tropical Wet Experimental Basin. Vadoze Zone Journal, 20/4, 22p.
China
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Myint Thidar, Daozhi Gong, Xurong Mei, Lili Gao, Haoru Li, Weiping Hao, Fengxue Gu, 2020. Mulching improved soil water, root distribution and yield of maize in the Loess Plateau of Northwest China, Agricultural Water Management, Volume 241, 19p. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106340
Italy
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Fersch, Benjamin, Till Francke, Maik Heistermann, Martin Schr?n, Veronika D?pper, Jannis Jakobi, Gabriele Baroni, et al. “A Dense Network of Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensors for Soil Moisture Observation in a Highly Instrumented Pre-Alpine Headwater Catchment in Germany.” Earth System Science Data12, no. 3 (September 23, 2020): 2289–2309.
USA
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Vather, T., C. S. Everson, and T. E. Franz (2020), The Applicability of the Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor to Simultaneously Monitor Soil Water Content and Biomass in an Acacia mearnsii Forest, Hydrology, 7(3), 48.
USA
Research paper in international scientific journal
2024
Becker, S.M.; Franz, T.E.; Morris, T.C.; Mullins, B. Field Testing of Gamma-Spectroscopy Method for Soil Water Content Estimation in an Agricultural Field. Sensors 2024, 24, 2223. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24072223
Research paper in international scientific journal
2019
Rajesh Kumar Soothar, Wenying Zhang, Binhui Liu, Moussa Tankari, Chao Wang, Li Li, Huanli Xing, Daozhi Gong, Yaosheng Wang. Sustained yield of winter wheat under alternate irrigation using saline water at different growth stages: a case study in the North China Plain. Sustainability, 2019, 11(17), 4564. 16p.
Mexico
Conference poster
2021
Sanchez-Mejia, Z. Yepez, E., Gaxiola, F., Penuelas-Rubio, O., Torres-Velazquez J.R., Alvarez-Yepiz J. C., Garatuza-Payan J. (2020). Soil moisture observations: CRNS vs TDR-profile in a flooded agriculture regime at the Yaqui Valley. 6th international COSMOS Workshop, October 8-10, 2021 in Heidelberg, Germany.
China
Research paper in international scientific journal
2023
Weihua Han, Jiaxing Sun, Kui Zhang, Lili Mao, Lili Gao, Xuemin Hou, Ningbo Cui, Wenhuai Kang, Daozhi Gong*. Optimizing drip fertigation management based on yield, quality, water and fertilizer use efficiency of wine grape in North China. Agricultural Water Management, 2023, 280: 108188.
Italy
Conference paper
2020
Baroni, G., Stevanato, L. Lunardon, M., More, S., Polo, M., Marche, R., Fulajtar, E. 2020. Application-driven developments of cosmic-ray neutron sensing open the path to wider and new uses: the cases of agricultural water management and pipe leakages. Oral presentation and poster in Workshop Booklet, 6th International COSMOS Workshop, 8-10th October 2020 in Heidelberg, Heidelberg University
China
Research paper in international scientific journal
2019
Baoqing Chen, Sarah Garré, Haitao Liu, ChangrongYan, Enke Liu, Daozhi Gong, XurongMei. Two-dimensional monitoring of soil water content in fields with plastic mulching using electrical resistivity tomography. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2019, 159:84-91.
China
Research paper in international scientific journal
2024
Zongjun Wu, Ningbo Cui, Wenjiang Zhang, Daozhi Gong, Chunwei Liu, Quanshan Liu, Shunsheng Zheng, Zhihui Wang, Lu Zhao, Yenan Yang. Inversion of large-scale citrus soil moisture using multi-temporal Sentinel-1 and Landsat-8 data. Agricultural Water Management, 2024, 294(4): 108718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2024.108718
China
Research paper in international scientific journal
2023
Liu, Quanshan; Wu, Zongjun; Cui, Ningbo; Jin, Xiuliang; Zhu, Shidan; Jiang, Jiang, Shouzheng; Zhao, Lu; Gong, Daozhi. Estimation of Soil Moisture Using Multi-Source Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Algorithms in Farming Land of Northern China. Remote Sensing, 2023, 5 (17):4214. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15174214
UK
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Katya Dimitrova-Petrova, Josie Geris, Mark E. Wilkinson, Rafae lRosolem, Lucile Verrot, Allan Lilly, Chris Soulsby, (2020). Opportunities and challenges in using catchment-scale storage estimates from cosmic ray neutron sensors for rainfall-runoff modelling. Journal of Hydrology, 15p.
USA and Italy
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Scheiffele, Lena M., Gabriele Baroni, Trenton E. Franz, Jannis Jakobi, and Sascha E. Oswald. “A Profile Shape Correction to Reduce the Vertical Sensitivity of Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensing of Soil Moisture.” Vadose Zone Journal 19, no. 1 (2020): e20083.
China and Brazil
Research paper in international scientific journal
2022
Mengyuan Xu, Ning Yao, Annan Hu, Luis Gustavo Goncalves de Goncalves, Felipe Abrah?o Mantovani, Robert Horton, Lee Heng, Gang Liu 2022. Evaluating a new temperature-vegetation-shortwave infrared reflectance dryness index (TVSDI) in the continental United States, Journal of Hydrology, Volume 610, 16p.
China
Research paper in international scientific journal
2024
Kui Zhang, Wenhuai Kang, Weihua Han, Haijun Ma, Daozhi Gong, Ling Qin*. Effects of fertilizer and water management on aminoacids and volatile components in Cabernet Sauvignon grapes and wines. Int J Agric & Biol Eng, 2024, 17(1): 1-11. DOI: 10.25165/j.ijabe.20241701.8034
Mexico
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Sanchez-Mejia, Z. M., Yepez, E., Gaxiola, F., Rubio, O. P., Velázquez, J. R. T., Alvarez-Yepiz, J. C., Garatuza-Payan, J. (2020). Flood irrigation agriculture: the challenges of in-situ soil moisture monitoring in lands with high clay content, Earth and Space Science Open Archive ESSOAr.
Denmark
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Andreasen, M., Jensen, K. H., Bogena, H., Desilets, D., Zreda, M., Looms, M. C. (2020). Cosmic ray neutron soil moisture estimation using physically based site-specific conversion functions. Water Resources Research, 56, e2019WR026588.
Netherlands
Research paper in international scientific journal
2021
Optimizing gamma-ray spectrometers for UAV-borne surveys with geophysical applications, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 237, 14p.
Italy
Research paper in international scientific journal
2021
Luís Romero Barbosa, Victor Hugo R. Coelho, Lena M. Scheiffele, Gabriele Baroni, Geraldo M. Ramos Filho, Suzana M. G. L. Montenegro, Cristiano das N. Almeida, Sascha E. Oswald, Dynamic Groundwater Recharge Simulations based on Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensing in a Tropical Wet Experimental Basin. Vadoze Zone Journal, 20/4, 22p.
China
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Zheng, Shunsheng & Cui, Ningbo & Gong, Daozhi & Wang, Yaosheng & Hu, Xiaotao & Feng, Yu & Zhang, Yixuan, 2020. "Relationship between stable carbon isotope discrimination and water use efficiency under deficit drip irrigation of kiwifruit in the humid areas of South China," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 240(C).
China
Research paper in international scientific journal
2019
Rajesh Kumar Soothar, Wenying Zhang, Binhui Liu, Moussa Tankari, Chao Wang, Li Li, Huanli Xing, Daozhi Gong, Yaosheng Wang. Sustained yield of winter wheat under alternate irrigation using saline water at different growth stages: a case study in the North China Plain. Sustainability, 2019, 11(17), 4564. 16p.
China
Research paper in international scientific journal
2022
Shouzheng Jiang, Chuan Liang, LuZhao, Daozhi Gong, Yaowei Huang, Liwen Xing, Shidan Zhua, Yu Feng, Li Guo, Ningbo Cui. Energy and evapotranspiration partitioning over a humid region orchard: Field measurements and partitioning model comparisons. Journal of Hydrology,2022, 610, 127890. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127890
Netherlands
Research paper in international scientific journal
2021
Optimizing gamma-ray spectrometers for UAV-borne surveys with geophysical applications, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 237, 14p.
Mexico
Conference poster
2021
Sanchez-Mejia, Z. Yepez, E., Gaxiola, F., Penuelas-Rubio, O., Torres-Velazquez J.R., Alvarez-Yepiz J. C., Garatuza-Payan J. (2020). Soil moisture observations: CRNS vs TDR-profile in a flooded agriculture regime at the Yaqui Valley. 6th international COSMOS Workshop, October 8-10, 2021 in Heidelberg, Germany.
China and Brazil
2020
Mengyuan Xu, Ning Yao, Annan Hu, Luis Gustavo Goncalves de Goncalves, Felipe Abrah?o Mantovani, Robert Horton, Lee Heng, Gang Liu 2022. Evaluating a new temperature-vegetation-shortwave infrared reflectance dryness index (TVSDI) in the continental United States, Journal of Hydrology, Volume 610, 16p.
China
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Bin Zhu, Yu Feng, Daozhi Gong, Shouzheng Jiang, Lu Zhao, Ningbo Cui. 2020. Hybrid particle swarm optimization with extreme learning machine for daily reference evapotranspiration prediction from limited climatic data. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 173
Netherlands
Research paper in international scientific journal
2023
van der Veeke, S., 2023. UAV-borne radioelement mapping. PhD thesis, University of Groningen. https://doi.org/10.33612/diss.261264637
Italy
Research paper in international scientific journal
2019
Stevanato, Luca, Gabriele Baroni, YafitCohen, Fontana Cristiano Lino, Simone Gatto, Marcello Lunardon, Francesco Marinello, Sandra Moretto, and Luca Morselli. 2019. “A Novel Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensor for Soil Moisture Estimation over Large Areas.” Agriculture 9, 14p.
Brazil
Research paper in international scientific journal
2023
Chittolina, M., da Rocha, H. R., Domingues, L. M., and de Araújo Lobo, G., Hydrological response of a headwater catchment in Southeast Brazil—Threshold patterns of stormflow response. Hydrological Processes, vol. 37, no. 5, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14879
UK
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Katya Dimitrova-Petrova, Josie Geris, Mark E. Wilkinson, Rafae lRosolem, Lucile Verrot, Allan Lilly, Chris Soulsby, (2020). Opportunities and challenges in using catchment-scale storage estimates from cosmic ray neutron sensors for rainfall-runoff modelling. Journal of Hydrology, 15p.
Italy
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Fersch, Benjamin, Till Francke, Maik Heistermann, Martin Schr?n, Veronika D?pper, Jannis Jakobi, Gabriele Baroni, et al. “A Dense Network of Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensors for Soil Moisture Observation in a Highly Instrumented Pre-Alpine Headwater Catchment in Germany.” Earth System Science Data12, no. 3 (September 23, 2020): 2289–2309.
Brazil
Research paper in international scientific journal
2023
Souza, V. de A., Zimmer, T., Ruhoff, A. L., Tatsch, J. D., Stefanello, M. B., Veeck, G. P., Roberti, D. R., Moreira, V. S., Gon?alves, L. G. de and Alves, R. de C. M. (2023) Calibration of the Priestley-Taylor parameter to estimate evapotranspiration in rice paddy areas, Ciência e Natura, 45(esp. 2), p. e79096. doi: 10.5902/2179460X79096
Italy
Research paper in international scientific journal
2024
Gianessi, S., Polo, M., Stevanato, L., Lunardon, M., Francke, T., Oswald, S.E., Said Ahmed, H., Toloza, A., Weltin, G., Dercon, G., Fulajtar, E., Heng, L., Baroni, G., 2024. Testing a novel sensor design to jointly measure cosmic-ray neutrons, muons and gamma rays for non-invasive soil moisture estimation. Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems 13, 9–25. https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-13-9-2024
UK
Research paper in international scientific journal
2021
Power, D., Rico-Ramirez, M. A., Desilets, S., Desilets, D., and Rosolem, R.: Cosmic-Ray neutron Sensor PYthon tool (crspy 1.2.1): an open-source tool for the processing of cosmic-ray neutron and soil moisture data, Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 7287–7307, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-7287-2021, 2021
Research paper in international scientific journal
2019
Rajesh Kumar Soothar, Wenying Zhang, Binhui Liu, Moussa Tankari, Chao Wang, Li Li, Huanli Xing, Daozhi Gong, Yaosheng Wang. Sustained yield of winter wheat under alternate irrigation using saline water at different growth stages: a case study in the North China Plain. Sustainability, 2019, 11(17), 4564. 16p.
Netherlands
Research paper in international scientific journal
2021
S. van der Veeke, J. Limburg, R.L. Koomans, S.N. de Waal, E. R. van der Graaf. 2021. Footprint and height corrections for UAV-borne gamma-ray spectrometry studies, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 23. 14p.
Brazil
Research paper in international scientific journal
2022
Bárbara Pereira Christofaro Silva, Diego Tassinari, Marx Leandro Naves Silva, Bruno Montoani Silva, Nilton Curi, Humberto Ribeiro da Rocha, 2022. Nonlinear models for soil moisture sensor calibration in tropical mountainous soils. Soils and Plant Nutrition ? Sci. agric. (Piracicaba, Braz.) 79 (4)
Italy
Research paper in international scientific journal
2019
Stevanato, Luca, Gabriele Baroni, YafitCohen, Fontana Cristiano Lino, Simone Gatto, Marcello Lunardon, Francesco Marinello, Sandra Moretto, and Luca Morselli. 2019. “A Novel Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensor for Soil Moisture Estimation over Large Areas.” Agriculture 9, 14p.
China
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Myint Thidar, Daozhi Gong, Xurong Mei, Lili Gao, Haoru Li, Weiping Hao, Fengxue Gu, 2020. Mulching improved soil water, root distribution and yield of maize in the Loess Plateau of Northwest China, Agricultural Water Management, Volume 241, 19p. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106340
China
Research paper in international scientific journal
2024
Ningbo Cui, Shunsheng Zheng, Shouzheng Jiang, Mingjun Wang, Lu Zhao, Ziling He, Yu Feng, Yaosheng Wang, Daozhi Gong, Chunwei Liu, Rangjian Qiu. Evapotranspiration partitioning based on underlying conductance in a complex tree-grass orchard ecosystem in the humid area of southern China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2024, 344:109796. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109796
Italy
Research paper in international scientific journal
2022
Stevanato, L., Baroni, G., Oswald, S.E., Lunardon, M., Mares, V., Marinello, F., Moretto, S., Polo, M., Sartori, P., Schattan, P., Ruehm, W., 2022. An Alternative Incoming Correction for Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensing Observations Using Local Muon Measurement. Geophysical Research Letters 49, e2021GL095383. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL095383
USA
Research paper in international scientific journal
2024
Becker, S.M.; Franz, T.E.; Morris, T.C.; Mullins, B. Field Testing of Gamma-Spectroscopy Method for Soil Water Content Estimation in an Agricultural Field. Sensors 2024, 24, 2223. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24072223
China and Brazil
Research paper in international scientific journal
2022
Xu, M., Yao, N., Yang, H., Xu, J., Hu, A., de Goncalves, L. G. G., & Liu, G. (2022). Downscaling SMAP soil moisture using a wide & deep learning method over the Continental United States. Journal of Hydrology, 609, 127784. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127784
Mexico
Conference paper
2020
Yepez, E., Martínez-García L., Sanchez-Mejia, Z., Gaxiola, F., Alvarez-Yepiz J. C., Torres-Velazquez J. R., Penuelas-Rubio, O. (2020) Cosmic ray technology to determine soil moisture at a wheat field in Yaqui Valley. V Congreso Nacional de Tecnología y Ciencias Ambientales. October 20-23, 2020.
Italy
Conference paper
2020
Baroni, G., Stevanato, L. Lunardon, M., More, S., Polo, M., Marche, R., Fulajtar, E. 2020. Application-driven developments of cosmic-ray neutron sensing open the path to wider and new uses: the cases of agricultural water management and pipe leakages. Oral presentation and poster in Workshop Booklet, 6th International COSMOS Workshop, 8-10th October 2020 in Heidelberg, Heidelberg University
USA
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Vather, T., C. S. Everson, and T. E. Franz (2020), The Applicability of the Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor to Simultaneously Monitor Soil Water Content and Biomass in an Acacia mearnsii Forest, Hydrology, 7(3), 48.
Mexico
Conference poster
2021
Sanchez-Mejia, Z. Yepez, E., Gaxiola, F., Penuelas-Rubio, O., Torres-Velazquez J.R., Alvarez-Yepiz J. C., Garatuza-Payan J. (2020). Soil moisture observations: CRNS vs TDR-profile in a flooded agriculture regime at the Yaqui Valley. 6th international COSMOS Workshop, October 8-10, 2021 in Heidelberg, Germany.
Mexico
Conference paper
2020
Yepez, E., Martínez-García L., Sanchez-Mejia, Z., Gaxiola, F., Alvarez-Yepiz J. C., Torres-Velazquez J. R., Penuelas-Rubio, O. (2020) Cosmic ray technology to determine soil moisture at a wheat field in Yaqui Valley. V Congreso Nacional de Tecnología y Ciencias Ambientales. October 20-23, 2020.
Netherlands
Research paper in international scientific journal
2021
Optimizing gamma-ray spectrometers for UAV-borne surveys with geophysical applications, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 237, 14p.
USA and SPAIN
Research paper in international scientific journal
2023
Gaspar, L., Franz, T. E., Catalá, A., Lizaga Villuendas, I., Ramos, M. C., & Navas Izquierdo, A. (2023). Combining cosmic-ray neutron sensor and fallout 137Cs to explore the connection of soil water content with soil redistribution in an agroforestry hillslope. Environmental Research, 233, 116451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.116451
Mexico
Conference paper
2021
Gaxiola-Ortiz, F., álvarez-Yepiz, J.C., Franz T., Garatuza-Payan J., Guevara M., Pe?uelas-Rubio, O., Rosolem R., Torres-Velázquez J.R., Yepez, E.A., Sanchez-Mejia, Z. 2021 Soil moisture drydown curves after flooding events across an irrigated farmland. Ameriflux, Land-Atmosphere Interactions Workshop June 10-11, 2021.
USA
Research paper in international scientific journal
Franz, T. E., A. Wahbi, J. Zhang, M. Vreugdenhil, L. Heng, G. Dercon, P. Strauss, L. Brocca, and W. Wagner (2020), Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensor: From Measurement of Soil Water Content Data to Practical Applications, Frontiers in Water, 2, 9.
Mexico
Conference paper
2021
Gaxiola-Ortiz, F., álvarez-Yepiz, J.C., Franz T., Garatuza-Payan J., Guevara M., Pe?uelas-Rubio, O., Rosolem R., Torres-Velázquez J.R., Yepez, E.A., Sanchez-Mejia, Z. 2021 Soil moisture drydown curves after flooding events across an irrigated farmland. Ameriflux, Land-Atmosphere Interactions Workshop June 10-11, 2021.
Italy
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Luís Romero Barbosa, Victor Hugo R. Coelho, Lena M. Scheiffele, Gabriele Baroni, Geraldo M. Ramos Filho, Suzana M. G. L. Montenegro, Cristiano das N. Almeida, Sascha E. Oswald, Dynamic Groundwater Recharge Simulations based on Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensing in a Tropical Wet Experimental Basin. 22p.
Italy
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Fersch, Benjamin, Till Francke, Maik Heistermann, Martin Schr?n, Veronika D?pper, Jannis Jakobi, Gabriele Baroni, et al. “A Dense Network of Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensors for Soil Moisture Observation in a Highly Instrumented Pre-Alpine Headwater Catchment in Germany.” Earth System Science Data12, no. 3 (September 23, 2020): 2289–2309.
China
Research paper in international scientific journal
2019
Baoqing Chen, Sarah Garré, Haitao Liu, ChangrongYan, Enke Liu, Daozhi Gong, XurongMei. Two-dimensional monitoring of soil water content in fields with plastic mulching using electrical resistivity tomography. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2019, 159:84-91.
Netherlands
Research paper in international scientific journal
2021
S. van der Veeke, J. Limburg, R.L. Koomans, S.N. de Waal, E. R. van der Graaf. 2021. Footprint and height corrections for UAV-borne gamma-ray spectrometry studies, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 23. 14p.
China
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Bin Zhu, Yu Feng, Daozhi Gong, Shouzheng Jiang, Lu Zhao, Ningbo Cui. 2020. Hybrid particle swarm optimization with extreme learning machine for daily reference evapotranspiration prediction from limited climatic data. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 173
USA
Research paper in international scientific journal
2024
Morris TC, Franz TE, Becker SM, Suyker AE (2024) Effect of Biomass Water Dynamics in Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensor Observations: A Long-Term Analysis of Maize–Soybean Rotation in Nebraska. Sensors, 24(13):4094.
China
Research paper in international scientific journal
2019
Baoqing Chen, Sarah Garré, Haitao Liu, ChangrongYan, Enke Liu, Daozhi Gong, XurongMei. Two-dimensional monitoring of soil water content in fields with plastic mulching using electrical resistivity tomography. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2019, 159:84-91.
Italy
Research paper in international scientific journal
2021
Luís Romero Barbosa, Victor Hugo R. Coelho, Lena M. Scheiffele, Gabriele Baroni, Geraldo M. Ramos Filho, Suzana M. G. L. Montenegro, Cristiano das N. Almeida, Sascha E. Oswald, Dynamic Groundwater Recharge Simulations based on Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensing in a Tropical Wet Experimental Basin. Vadoze Zone Journal, 20/4, 22p.
Netherlands
Research paper in international scientific journal
2021
S. van der Veeke, J. Limburg, R.L. Koomans, S.N. de Waal, E. R. van der Graaf. 2021. Footprint and height corrections for UAV-borne gamma-ray spectrometry studies, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 23. 14p.
Brazil
Research paper in international scientific journal
2022
Mariane Chittolina, Rodolfo Souza, Evandro Moimaz Anselmo, et al. Hydrological response of a headwater catchment in southeastern Brazil Part II: Estimate of evapotranspiration with micrometeorological and water budget methods. Authorea. March 01, 2022. DOI: 10.22541/au.164614539.98829547/v1
USA
Research paper in international scientific journal
Franz, T. E., A. Wahbi, J. Zhang, M. Vreugdenhil, L. Heng, G. Dercon, P. Strauss, L. Brocca, and W. Wagner (2020), Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensor: From Measurement of Soil Water Content Data to Practical Applications, Frontiers in Water, 2, 9.
USA
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Vather, T., C. S. Everson, and T. E. Franz (2020), The Applicability of the Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor to Simultaneously Monitor Soil Water Content and Biomass in an Acacia mearnsii Forest, Hydrology, 7(3), 48.
China
Research paper in international scientific journal
2023
Ningbo Cui, Ziling He, Shouzheng Jiang, Mingjun Wang, Xiuyun Yu, Lu Zhao, Rangjian Qiu, Daozhi Gong, Yaosheng Wang, Yu Feng. Inter-comparison of the Penman-Monteith type model in modeling the evapotranspiration and its components in an orchard plantation of Southwest China. Agricultural Water Management, 2023, 289: 108541. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108541
Mexico
Conference paper
2021
Gaxiola-Ortiz, F., álvarez-Yepiz, J.C., Franz T., Garatuza-Payan J., Guevara M., Pe?uelas-Rubio, O., Rosolem R., Torres-Velázquez J.R., Yepez, E.A., Sanchez-Mejia, Z. 2021 Soil moisture drydown curves after flooding events across an irrigated farmland. Ameriflux, Land-Atmosphere Interactions Workshop June 10-11, 2021.
China and Brazil
2020
Mengyuan Xu, Ning Yao, Annan Hu, Luis Gustavo Goncalves de Goncalves, Felipe Abrah?o Mantovani, Robert Horton, Lee Heng, Gang Liu 2022. Evaluating a new temperature-vegetation-shortwave infrared reflectance dryness index (TVSDI) in the continental United States, Journal of Hydrology, Volume 610, 16p.
Italy
Conference paper
2020
Baroni, G., Stevanato, L. Lunardon, M., More, S., Polo, M., Marche, R., Fulajtar, E. 2020. Application-driven developments of cosmic-ray neutron sensing open the path to wider and new uses: the cases of agricultural water management and pipe leakages. Oral presentation and poster in Workshop Booklet, 6th International COSMOS Workshop, 8-10th October 2020 in Heidelberg, Heidelberg University
Brazil
Research paper in international scientific journal
2023
de ávila, á.V.A., de Gon?alves, L.G.G., Souza, V.D.A., Alves, L.E.R., Galetti, G.D., Maske, B.M., Getirana, A., Ruhoff, A., Biudes, M.S., Machado, N.G. and Roberti, D.R., 2023. Assessing the Performance of the South American Land Data Assimilation System Version 2 (SALDAS-2) Energy Balance across Diverse Biomes. Atmosphere, 14(6), p.959. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14060959
Denmark
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Andreasen, M., Jensen, K. H., Bogena, H., Desilets, D., Zreda, M., Looms, M. C. (2020). Cosmic ray neutron soil moisture estimation using physically based site-specific conversion functions. Water Resources Research, 56, e2019WR026588.
China
Research paper in international scientific journal
2019
Yu Feng; Weiping Hao, Lili Gao; Haoru Li; Daozhi Gong; Ningbo Cui. Comparison of maize water consumption at different scales between mulched and non-mulched croplands. Agricultural Water Management, 2019, 216(5): 315-324.
Denmark
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Andreasen, M., Jensen, K. H., Bogena, H., Desilets, D., Zreda, M., Looms, M. C. (2020). Cosmic ray neutron soil moisture estimation using physically based site-specific conversion functions. Water Resources Research, 56, e2019WR026588.
UK and Denmark
Research paper in international scientific journal
2022
Bogena, H. R., Schr?n, M., Jakobi, J., Ney, P., Zacharias, S., Andreasen, M., Baatz, R., Boorman, D., Duygu, M. B., Eguibar-Galán, M. A., Fersch, B., Franke, T., Geris, J., González Sanchis, M., Kerr, Y., Korf, T., Mengistu, Z., Mialon, A., Nasta, P., Nitychoruk, J., Pisinaras, V., Rasche, D., Rosolem, R., Said, H., Schattan, P., Zreda, M., Achleitner, S., Albentosa-Hernández, E., Akyürek, Z., Blume, T., del Campo, A., Canone, D., Dimitrova-Petrova, K., Evans, J. G., Ferraris, S., Frances, F., Gisolo, D., Güntner, A., Herrmann, F., Iwema, J., Jensen, K. H., Kunstmann, H., Lidón, A., Looms, M. C., Oswald, S., Panagopoulos, A., Patil, A., Power, D., Rebmann, C., Romano, N., Scheiffele, L., Seneviratne, S., Weltin, G., and Vereecken, H.: COSMOS-Europe: a European network of cosmic-ray neutron soil moisture sensors, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 14, 1125–1151, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-1125-2022, 2022.
Mexico
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Sanchez-Mejia, Z. M., Yepez, E., Gaxiola, F., Rubio, O. P., Velázquez, J. R. T., Alvarez-Yepiz, J. C., Garatuza-Payan, J. (2020). Flood irrigation agriculture: the challenges of in-situ soil moisture monitoring in lands with high clay content, Earth and Space Science Open Archive ESSOAr.
China
Research paper in international scientific journal
2020
Zheng, Shunsheng & Cui, Ningbo & Gong, Daozhi & Wang, Yaosheng & Hu, Xiaotao & Feng, Yu & Zhang, Yixuan, 2020. "Relationship between stable carbon isotope discrimination and water use efficiency under deficit drip irrigation of kiwifruit in the humid areas of South China," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 240(C).
Brazil
Research paper in international scientific journal
2024
Kamiensky, Carlos A. and Stowell, Patrick and Heideker, Alexandre and Silva, Dener and Kleinschmidt, Jo?o Henrique and Prati, Ronaldo Cristiano and Chadwick, Paula and Power, Daniel and Rosolem, Rafael and K?hli, Markus and Rocha, Humberto and Heinemann, Alexandre Bryan and Madari, Beata and Silva, Mellissa A.S. and Torre Neto, André, Cosmic-Swamp: Iot Processing of Cosmic Ray Soil Moisture Sensors. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4824658 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4824658
Brazil
Research paper in international scientific journal
2024
da Concei??o, L.F.C.; da Rocha, H.R.; Navarrete, N.V.; Rosolem, R.; Cabral, O.M.R.; de Freitas, H.C. Interannual Variability of Water and Heat Fluxes in a Woodland Savanna (Cerrado) in Southeastern Brazil: Effects of Severe Drought and Soil Moisture. Atmosphere 2024, 15, 668. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15060668
Brazil
Research paper in international scientific journal
2022
Rubert, G.C.D.; de Arruda Souza, V.; Zimmer, T.; Veeck, G.P.; Mergen, A.; Bremm, T.; Ruhoff, A.; de Gon?alves, L.G.G.; Roberti, D.R. Patterns and Controls of the Latent and Sensible Heat Fluxes in the Brazilian Pampa Biome. Atmosphere 2022, 13, 23. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13010023
UK
Research paper in international scientific journal
2024
Zheng, Y., Coxon, G., Woods, R., Power, D., Rico-Ramirez, M. A., McJannet, D., Rosolem, R., Li, J., and Feng, P.: Evaluation of reanalysis soil moisture products using cosmic ray neutron sensor observations across the globe, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 28, 1999–2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-1999-2024, 2024.
Brazil
Research paper in international scientific journal
2022
Bárbara Pereira Christofaro Silva, Diego Tassinari, Marx Leandro Naves Silva, Bruno Montoani Silva, Nilton Curi, Humberto Ribeiro da Rocha, 2022. Nonlinear models for soil moisture sensor calibration in tropical mountainous soils. Soils and Plant Nutrition ? Sci. agric. (Piracicaba, Braz.) 79 (4)