Soil Moisture Seminar Series: Lessons from Long-Term Soil Moisture Networks (Little Washita and Fort Cobb)

The National Coordinated Soil Moisture Monitoring Network hosts an online seminar series to share innovative soil moisture research activities, experiences, and innovations.

The USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has operated a wide variety of watershed research sites for many decades. These sites are distributed across the U.S. and study pertinent issues for their agroecosystems, including soil moisture, agricultural yield, and hydrologic modeling, and other topics. In 2012, these study sites were formed into a national network of Long-Term Agroecosystem Research sites, highlighting the value of long-term data series to capture agricultural trends and environmental impacts. However, the viability of these research sites is directly tied to the research conducted at these sites and their ability to evolve to maintain relevance. 

In this seminar, Michael Cosh (USDA), Tyson Ochsner (Oklahoma State University), Chris Fiebrich (University of Oklahoma), and Sherry Hunt (USDA ARS) will provide a review of two long-term study sites, the Little Washita and Fort Cobb watersheds, which have a rich history of soil moisture research and have had a major impact on hydrologic science in the past few years. 

NOAA's National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) and the National Coordinated Soil Moisture Monitoring Network will host this seminar. 

For more information, please contact Elise Osenga (elise.osenga@noaa.gov).