<p>Section I</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>1. Soil Moisture from Space: Techniques and Limitations</p> <p>Y.H. Kerr, J.-P. Wigneron, A. Al Bitar, A. Mialon and P.K. Srivastava</p> <p>2. Available Data Sets and Satellites for Terrestrial Soil</p> <p>Moisture Estimation </p> <p>P.K. Srivastava, V. Pandey, S. Suman, M. Gupta and T. Islam</p> <p>Section II</p> <p>Optical and Infrared Techniques & Synergies</p> <p>Between them</p> <p>3. Soil Moisture Retrievals Using Optical/TIR Methods </p> <p>P. Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran and A. Berg</p> <p>4. Optical/Thermal-Based Techniques for Subsurface</p> <p>Soil Moisture Estimation </p> <p>M. Holzman and R. Rivas</p> <p>5. Spatiotemporal Estimates of Surface Soil Moisture</p> <p>from Space Using the Ts/VI Feature Space </p> <p>G.P. Petropoulos, G. Ireland, H. Griffiths, T. Islam, D. Kalivas,</p> <p>V. Anagnostopoulos, C. Hodges and P.K. Srivastava</p> <p>6. Spatial Downscaling of Passive Microwave Data With</p> <p>Visible-to-Infrared Information for High-Resolution</p> <p>Soil Moisture Mapping </p> <p>M. Piles and N. Sánchez</p> <p>7. Soil Moisture Retrieved From a Combined Optical and</p> <p>Passive Microwave Approach: Theory and Applications </p> <p>C. Mattar, A. Santamaría-Artigas1, J. A. Sobrino, J.C. Jiménez – Muñoz</p> <p>Section III</p> <p>Microwave Soil Moisture Retrieval Techniques</p> <p>8. Nonparametric Model for the Retrieval of Soil</p> <p>Moisture by Microwave Remote Sensing </p> <p>D.K. Gupta, R. Prasad, P.K. Srivastava and T. Islam</p> <p>9. Temperature-Dependent Spectroscopic Dielectric</p> <p>Model at 0.05–16 GHz for a Thawed and Frozen</p> <p>Alaskan Organic Soil </p> <p>V. Mironov and I. Savin</p> <p>10. Active and Passive Microwave Remote Sensing</p> <p>Synergy for Soil Moisture Estimation </p> <p>R. Akbar, N. Das, D. Entekhabi and M. Moghaddam</p> <p>11. Intercomparison of Soil Moisture Retrievals From In</p> <p>Situ, ASAR, and ECV SM Data Sets Over Different</p> <p>European Sites </p> <p>B. Barrett, C. Pratola, A. Gruber and E. Dwyer</p> <p>Section IV</p> <p>Advanced Applications of Soil Moisture</p> <p>12. Use of Satellite Soil Moisture Products for the</p> <p>Operational Mitigation of Landslides Risk in</p> <p>Central Italy </p> <p>13. Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture as a Key Variable in</p> <p>Wildfires Prevention Services: Towards New Prediction</p> <p>Tools Using SMOS and SMAP Data </p> <p>D. Chaparro, M. Piles and M. Vall-llossera</p> <p>14. Integrative Use of Near-Surface Satellite Soil Moisture</p> <p>and Precipitation for Estimation of Improved</p> <p>Irrigation Scheduling Parameters </p> <p>M. Gupta, P.K. Srivastava and T. Islam</p> <p>15. A Comparative Study on SMOS and NLDAS-2 Soil</p> <p>Moistures Over a Hydrological Basin—With</p> <p>Continental Climate </p> <p>16. Continental Scale Monitoring of Subdaily and Daily</p> <p>Evapotranspiration Enhanced by the Assimilation of</p> <p>Surface Soil Moisture Derived from Thermal Infrared</p> <p>Geostationary Data </p> <p>17. Soil Moisture Deficit Estimation Through SMOS Soil</p> <p>Moisture and MODIS Land Surface Temperature </p> <p>P.K. Srivastava, T. Islam, S.K. Singh, M. Gupta, George P. Petropoulos,</p> <p>D.K. Gupta, W.Z. Wan Jaafar and R. Prasad</p> <p>Section V</p> <p>Future Challenges in Soil Moisture Retrieval and</p> <p>Applications</p> <p>18. Soil Moisture Retrievals Based on Active and</p> <p>Passive Microwave Data: State-of-the-Art and</p> <p>Operational Applications </p> <p>J. Munõz-Sabater, A. Al Bitar and L. Brocca</p> <p>19. Emerging and Potential Future Applications of</p> <p>Satellite-Based Soil Moisture Products </p> <p>E. Tebbs, F. Gerard, A. Petrie and E. De Witte</p>