Soil moisture monitoring with cosmogenic neutrons: an asset for the development and assessment of soil moisture products in the state of Brandenburg (Germany)

Heistermann, Maik; Altdorff, Daniel; Francke, Till; Schrön, Martin; Grosse, Peter M.; Markert, Arvid; Bauriegel, Albrecht; Biró, Peter; Attinger, Sabine; Beyrich, Frank; Dietrich, Peter; Eichstädt, Rebekka; Terschlüsen, Jakob; Walz, Ariane; Zacharias, Steffen; Oswald, Sascha E.

doi:10.5194/nhess-26-465-2026

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Soil moisture monitoring with cosmogenic neutrons: an asset for the development and assessment of soil moisture products in the state of Brandenburg (Germany)

Maik Heistermann, Daniel Altdorff, Till Francke, Martin Schrön, Peter M. Grosse, Arvid Markert, Albrecht Bauriegel, Peter Biró, Sabine Attinger, Frank Beyrich, Peter Dietrich, Rebekka Eichstädt, Jakob Terschlüsen, Ariane Walz, Steffen Zacharias, and Sascha E. Oswald

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The German federal state of Brandenburg is particularly prone to soil moisture droughts. To support the management of related risks, we introduce a novel soil moisture monitoring network based on cosmic-ray neutron sensing technology. The resulting observations can be particularly helpful to evaluate and improve soil moisture products from modelling or remote sensing.

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