Started validation on Oct. 23, 2020, 7:08 a.m. UTC, finished on Oct. 23, 2020, 7:11 a.m. UTC.
Compared 3 datasets:
Dataset 1: ESA CCI SM combined (v04.7, sm)
[Filters:
Variable in valid geophysical range; Data with no inconsistencies detected (flag = 0);
]
Dataset 2: ESA CCI SM combined (v05.2, sm)
[Filters:
Variable in valid geophysical range; Data with no inconsistencies detected (flag = 0);
]
Reference: ISMN (20191211 global, soil moisture)
[Filters:
Variable in valid geophysical range; Quality flag is "good" (G);
Use ISMN networks: AMMA-CATCH,BIEBRZA-S-1,BNZ-LTER,CARBOAFRICA,COSMOS,CTP-SMTMN,DAHRA,FLUXNET-AMERIFLUX,FMI,FR-Aqui,HOBE,iRON,LAB-net,MySMNet,OZNET,PBO-H2O,REMEDHUS,RISMA,RSMN,SCAN,SMOSMANIA,TERENO,USCRN,WEGENERNET,WSMN; Use measurements at given depth: 0.00,0.10;
]
Validation period / temporal filter: Jan. 1, 1978, midnight UTC to Dec. 31, 2019, 11:59 p.m. UTC.
Validation metrics calculated from absolute values.
Triple collocation analysis was
activated.
Scaling reference: ISMN (20191211 global, soil moisture)
[Filters:
Variable in valid geophysical range; Quality flag is "good" (G);
Use ISMN networks: AMMA-CATCH,BIEBRZA-S-1,BNZ-LTER,CARBOAFRICA,COSMOS,CTP-SMTMN,DAHRA,FLUXNET-AMERIFLUX,FMI,FR-Aqui,HOBE,iRON,LAB-net,MySMNet,OZNET,PBO-H2O,REMEDHUS,RISMA,RSMN,SCAN,SMOSMANIA,TERENO,USCRN,WEGENERNET,WSMN; Use measurements at given depth: 0.00,0.10;
]
Scaling method: Mean/standard deviation.
Processing took 2 minutes (wall time).
0% (0 of 313) of the processed locations (grid points) produced errors during calculation.