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Network-wide assessment of soil water content calibration...
Sophia Becker · 2026-06-15 · via USGS Publications Warehouse

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Abstract

Soil water content (SWC) is a key state variable of the climate system but is often uncertain in water balance monitoring, especially in alpine environments. SWC measurements can be challenging in alpine environments due to the topography and rocky soils. In 2022, the US Geological Survey's Next Generation Water Observing System Program began research to evaluate water balance monitoring technologies, including cosmic-ray neutron sensors (CRNS). This work evaluated the uncertainty resulting from network-wide calibration of CRNS for SWC monitoring in an alpine watershed and investigated the stability of the calibration parameters across space and time, focusing on potential influence of biomass dynamics. Fifteen stations with moderated and unmoderated (bare) CRNS were deployed and made operational within the Roaring Fork Basin in west-central Colorado. The root mean squared error of the network-wide calibration using the moderated CRNS was 0.042 or 0.047 cm3 cm−3, depending on the calibration equation used. Relative SWC dynamics from CRNS were correlated with the in situ probes with a correlation coefficient of 0.91 or 0.87 (depending on calibration equation). We did not find significant relationships between the calibration parameters and stationary site-specific variables. However, the calibration parameters derived from in situ probe SWC dynamics varied over time and were correlated with biomass proxies of cumulative growing degree-day, cumulative growing season index, and bare neutron counts. Future use of the CRNS network can leverage the reliable relative SWC data from network-wide calibration for watershed modeling and continue to research sensitivity of bare neutron measurements to biomass dynamics.

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Becker, S., Davies, G.E., Franz, T.E., Lampard, T., and Caldwell, T., 2026, Network-wide assessment of soil water content calibration and sensitivity to biomass proxies using cosmic-ray neutron sensing in the Roaring Fork Basin, Colorado: Vadose Zone Journal, v. 25, no. 3, e70112, 26 p., https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.70112.

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Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Network-wide assessment of soil water content calibration and sensitivity to biomass proxies using cosmic-ray neutron sensing in the Roaring Fork Basin, Colorado
Series title Vadose Zone Journal
DOI 10.1002/vzj2.70112
Volume 25
Issue 3
Publication Date June 11, 2026
Year Published 2026
Language English
Publisher Wiley
Contributing office(s) Nevada Water Science Center
Description e70112, 26 p.
Country United States
State Colorado
Other Geospatial Roaring Fork Basin
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