Developing new mobile soil moisture monitoring techniques with cosmic-ray neutron sensor backpack at the National Park Neusiedler See Seewinkel (Austria)

The SWMCNL team has finalized the first stage of the development of new soil moisture monitoring techniques using the cosmic-ray neutron sensor (CRNS) backpack. For this purpose, a series of field measurements were conducted at the National Park Neusiedler See Seewinkel, Austria, in close collaboration with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The tests consisted of seven measurements from September 2017 to April 2018 to capture the entire dry-wet cycle in this area. The selected study area is suitable for this kind of tests, as the difference between the lowest and highest soil moisture contents is large and soil texture changes at short distance.