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Christian Thierfelder, cropping systems agronomist - conservation agriculture specialist at CIMMYT-Zimbabwe, is testing soil moisture, texture, and fertility at the Chipeni site in Dowa, Malawi.
Photo credit: C. Thierfelder/CIMMYT.
An image of 'brightness temperature' over Scandinavia captured by ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission. In less than four months since launch, the first calibrated images are being delivered by ESA’s SMOS mission. These images of brightness temperature translate into clear information on global variations of soil moisture and ocean salinity to advance our understanding of the water cycle.
Launched on 2 November, SMOS is improving our understanding of Earth’s water cycle by making global observations of soil moisture over land and salinity over oceans. By consistently mapping these two variables, SMOS will not only advance our understanding of the exchange processes between Earth’s surface and atmosphere, but will also help to improve weather and climate models.
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Marni Thompson, left, NRCS resource conservationist, and Amanda Gillett walk toward a no-till wheat field on Amanda's farm near Winnett, Mont. By using no-till on this continuous cropped land and planting cover crops late in the year, Amanda says they have soil moisure left even in the driest of years. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Marni Thompson, left, NRCS resource conservationist, and Amanda Gillett walk toward a no-till wheat field on Amanda's farm near Winnett, Mont. By using no-till on this continuous cropped land and planting cover crops late in the year, Amanda says they have soil moisure left even in the driest of years. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Tim Radatz, University of Wisconsin Discovery Farms, presenting soil moisture as a predictor for runoff potential when applying manure to non-frozen ground. Denver, CO April, 2013. For more: www.extension.org/pages/67683/using-soil-moisture-to-pred...
Amanda Gillett with her two children, Jack and Julia, on the farm she and her husband manage near Winnett, Mont. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Marni Thompson, left, NRCS resource conservationist, and Amanda Gillett walk toward a no-till wheat field on Amanda's farm near Winnett, Mont. By using no-till on this continuous cropped land and planting cover crops late in the year, Amanda says they have soil moisure left even in the driest of years. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Amanda Gillett, who farms near Winnett, Mont., credits the moisure she still has in her dryland soil (despite only receiving a half inch of rain when normal precip is 10 to 12 inches) to her soil health practices. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Amanda Gillett uses a no-till drill on her farm near Winnett, Mont., to eliminate tillage to save moisture and build soil health. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Marni Thompson, left, NRCS resource conservationist, and Amanda Gillett walk toward a no-till wheat field on Amanda's farm near Winnett, Mont. By using no-till on this continuous cropped land and planting cover crops late in the year, Amanda says they have soil moisure left even in the driest of years. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Amanda Gillett uses a no-till drill on her farm near Winnett, Mont., to eliminate tillage to save moisture and build soil health. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Amanda Gillett, who farms near Winnett, Mont., credits the moisure she still has in her dryland soil (despite only receiving a half inch of rain when normal precip is 10 to 12 inches) to her soil health practices. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Marni Thompson, left, NRCS resource conservationist, and Amanda Gillett look at no-till principles Amanda has applied to her family garden on her farm near Winnett, Mont. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Marni Thompson, left, NRCS resource conservationist, and Amanda Gillett look at no-till principles Amanda has applied to her family garden on her farm near Winnett, Mont. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Amanda Gillett, who farms near Winnett, Mont., credits the moisure she still has in her dryland soil (despite only receiving a half inch of rain when normal precip is 10 to 12 inches) to her soil health practices. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
A no-till system on Amanda Gillett's farm near Winnett, Mont., leaves plent of crop residue to protect the soil from erosion and moisture loss. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Amanda Gillett uses a no-till drill on her farm near Winnett, Mont., to eliminate tillage to save moisture and build soil health. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Amanda Gillett, who farms near Winnett, Mont., credits the moisure she still has in her dryland soil (despite only receiving a half inch of rain when normal precip is 10 to 12 inches) to her soil health practices. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Amanda Gillett uses a no-till drill on her farm near Winnett, Mont., to eliminate tillage to save moisture and build soil health. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Amanda and Glenn Gillett run cattle on their farm near Winnett, Mont. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Amanda Gillett uses a no-till drill on her farm near Winnett, Mont., to eliminate tillage to save moisture and build soil health. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Amanda Gillett uses a no-till drill on her farm near Winnett, Mont., to eliminate tillage to save moisture and build soil health. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Amanda Gillett, who farms near Winnett, Mont., credits the moisure she still has in her dryland soil (despite only receiving a half inch of rain when normal precip is 10 to 12 inches) to her soil health practices. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Amanda Gillett uses a no-till drill on her farm near Winnett, Mont., to eliminate tillage to save moisture and build soil health. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
IFC staff install a rain gauge and soil moisture platform in the Turkey River watershed in northeast Iowa.
Amanda Gillett, who farms near Winnett, Mont., credits the moisure she still has in her dryland soil (despite only receiving a half inch of rain when normal precip is 10 to 12 inches) to her soil health practices. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Amanda Gillett with her two children, Jack and Julia, on the farm she and her husband manage near Winnett, Mont. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Amanda Gillett with her two children, Jack and Julia, on the farm she and her husband manage near Winnett, Mont. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Amanda Gillett with her two children, Jack and Julia, on the farm she and her husband manage near Winnett, Mont. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Amanda Gillett uses a no-till drill on her farm near Winnett, Mont., to eliminate tillage to save moisture and build soil health. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Amanda Gillett with her two children, Jack and Julia, on the farm she and her husband manage near Winnett, Mont. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Amanda Gillett uses a no-till drill on her farm near Winnett, Mont., to eliminate tillage to save moisture and build soil health. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Researcher and technicians installing soil moisture meter in a cassava field at Umbeluze Research Station, Mozambique in 2005.
Amanda Gillett with her two children, Jack and Julia, on the farm she and her husband manage near Winnett, Mont. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Amanda Gillett uses a no-till drill on her farm near Winnett, Mont., to eliminate tillage to save moisture and build soil health. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Amanda Gillett uses a no-till drill on her farm near Winnett, Mont., to eliminate tillage to save moisture and build soil health. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Marni Thompson, right, NRCS resource conservationist, and Amanda Gillett look at no-till principles Amanda has applied to her family garden on her farm near Winnett, Mont. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Amanda Gillett with her two children, Jack and Julia, on the farm she and her husband manage near Winnett, Mont. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Amanda Gillett uses a no-till drill on her farm near Winnett, Mont., to eliminate tillage to save moisture and build soil health. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.
Marni Thompson, NRCS resource conservationist, Great Falls, Montana. June 2017. Petroleum County, Montana.