Table 4:

Comparison between the 6:00 am descending L2_SM_P_E soil moisture estimates and CVS in situ soil moisture observations between April 2015 and October 2016.

CVS	ubRMSE (m3/m3)			Bias (m3/m3)			RMSE (m3/m3)			Correlation (R)			N
	SCA-H	SCA-V	DCA	SCA-H	SCA-V	DCA	SCA-H	SCA-V	DCA	SCA-H	SCA-V	DCA	SCA-H	SCA-V	DCA
Reynolds Creek	0.039	0.040	0.057	−0.059	−0.023	0.007	0.071	0.046	0.058	0.572	0.598	0.558	86	97	96
Walnut Gulch	0.021	0.024	0.038	−0.011	0.011	0.035	0.024	0.026	0.052	0.759	0.813	0.800	93	118	115
TxSON	0.031	0.032	0.041	−0.064	−0.015	0.056	0.071	0.036	0.069	0.935	0.921	0.827	153	153	152
Fort Cobb	0.032	0.028	0.045	−0.086	−0.056	−0 .017	0.091	0.062	0.048	0.858	0.883	0.817	244	247	247
Little Washita	0.023	0.022	0.042	−0.062	−0.027	0.026	0.066	0.035	0.050	0.911	0.920	0.837	246	246	245
South Fork	0.062	0.054	0.054	−0.071	−0.062	−0.050	0.094	0.082	0.074	0.597	0.646	0.637	159	162	162
Little River	0.034	0.028	0.041	0.048	0.087	0.144	0.059	0.092	0.150	0.871	0.887	0.755	229	229	229
Kenaston	0.034	0.022	0.040	−0.064	−0.040	−0.001	0.072	0.046	0.040	0.808	0.854	0.515	145	145	145
Carman	0.094	0.056	0.053	−0.087	−0.088	−0.077	0.128	0.104	0.093	0.463	0.611	0.535	157	158	158
Monte Buey	0.075	0.051	0.042	−0.022	−0.020	−0.025	0 .078	0.055	0.049	0.754	0.840	0.724	126	135	137
REMEDHUS	0.037	0.042	0.054	−0.024	−0.007	0.010	0.044	0.042	0.055	0.897	0.872	0.837	197	196	189
Twente	0.072	0.056	0.056	0.003	0.013	0.028	0.072	0.057	0.063	0.888	0.885	0.784	238	242	241
HOBE	0.048	0.036	0.063	0.004	−0.009	−0.012	0.048	0.037	0.064	0.700	0.863	0.789	104	104	104
Mongolia	0.032	0.036	0.036	−0.009	−0.006	−0.006	0.033	0.037	0.037	0.736	0.728	0.730	139	102	116
Yanco	0.051	0.043	0.045	0.000	0.020	0.035	0.051	0.048	0.057	0.960	0.964	0.943	170	172	170
L2_SM_P_E over a 33 km × 33 km contributing domain	0.046	0.038	0.047	−0.034	−0.015	0.010	0.067	0.054	0.064	0.781	0.819	0.739
L2 SMOS averaged	0.051			−0.023			0.071			0.698
over a 33 km × 33 km contributing domain
L2_SM_P over a 36 km × 36 km contributing domain	0.044	0.037	0.043	−0.033	−0.014	0.010	0.065	0.052	0.063	0.796	0.822	0.738
L2 SMOS averaged over a 36 km × 36 km contributing domain	0.051			−0.024			0.072			0.713