Started validation on Sept. 9, 2020, 7:20 a.m. UTC, finished on Sept. 9, 2020, 7:26 a.m. UTC.
Compared 2 datasets:
Dataset 1: ESA CCI SM combined (v05.2, sm)
[Filters:
Variable in valid geophysical range; Data with no inconsistencies detected (flag = 0); Not freezing and no snow-cover (flag != 1); No dense vegetation (flag != 2);
]
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;
]
Validated globally.
Validation period / temporal filter: Jan. 1, 1978, midnight UTC to Sept. 9, 2020, 11:59 p.m. UTC.
Validation metrics calculated from absolute values.
Triple collocation analysis was
deactivated.
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;
]
Scaling method: Mean/standard deviation.
Processing took 6 minutes (wall time).
0% (0 of 1382) of the processed locations (grid points) produced errors during calculation.