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http://portal.tern.org.au/australia-wide-daily-moisture-estimates/23050The Soil Moisture Integration and Prediction System (SMIPS) produces national extent daily estimates of volumetric soil moisture at a resolution of approximately 1km or 0.01 decimal degrees. SMIPS also generates an index of between 0-1 which approximates how full the 90cm metre soil moisture store is at a particular location and time. The SMIPS model itself consists of two linked soil moisture stores, a shallow quick responding 10cm upper store and a deeper, slower responding 80cm store.
SMIPS is parameterised using physical properties from the Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia and takes a data model fusion approach for model forcing. Version 1.0 of the SMIPS model uses precipitation and potential evapotranspiration data from the Bureau of Meteorology’s AWRA Model. In addition to version 1.0 of the model, an experimental version of the model is available for user testing. This version of the model uses precipitation data supplied by an experimental CSIRO daily rainfall surface generated using spatial data from the NASA Global Precipitation Mission as a base and enhanced using rainfall observations from the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) rainfall gauge network, and various landscape covariates, processed using a machine learning approach.
To help increase model accuracy, the internal SMIPS model states are adjusted or ‘bumped’ by daily observational data from the European Space Agency’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite mission.
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The development of the SMIPS National Soil Moisture products has been made possible by the National Landcare Program, through the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, and by TERN, an NCRIS-funded national research infrastructure project.
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SMIPS model updates and re-factorisation, together with creation of associated digital soil information model inputs performed by CSIRO. Modelling workflow design and model code implementation by CSIRO.
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The Rainfall forcing and Potential Evapotranspiration data are supplied by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.
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The Experimental Machine Learning Derived Rainfall data are supplied by CSIRO.
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The core SMIPS model is adapted from N.S.Wimalathunge and T.F.A.Bishop https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016706118316434
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Original SMIPS concept by Luigi Renzullo CSIRO Land and Water (now at Australian National University).
Purpose
The SMIPS system provides daily estimates of volumetric soil moisture and a soil moisture index to assist with modelling such as crop growth and yield, runoff generation, deep drainage and can be used along with other relevant data for purposes such as fertiliser application planning, irrigation scheduling, fire risk assessments and as a component of a general landscape condition assessment.
From 2015-11-20
03/05/2022
How to cite this collection:
Stenson, M. , Searle, R. , Malone, B. , Ashley, S. , Renzullo, L. (2021): Australia wide daily volumetric soil moisture estimates. Version 1.0.0. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.25901/b020-nm39
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