COSMOS-UK is a network of soil moisture monitoring sites in the UK. It provides data for use in a variety of applications including farming, water resources, flood forecasting and land-surface modelling.
Funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, the network is run by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. There are currently 47 sites across the UK. Each site is equipped with an instrument that uses cosmic-rays to sense soil moisture over an area of about 12 hectares (about 30 acres).
Data from the network have the potential to transform the way that we understand and model the natural environment.
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