Table 7:

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

IGBP Land Cover Class	ubRMSE (m3/m3)				Bias (m3/m3)				RMSE (m3/m3)				Correlation (R)				N
	SCA-H	SCA-V	DCA	SMOS	SCA-H	SCA-V	DCA	SMOS	SCA-H	SCA-V	DCA	SMOS	SCA-H	SCA-V	DCA	SMOS
Evergreen Needleleaf Forest	0.040	0.039	0.052	0.062	−0.033	0.033	0.166	−0.127	0.052	0.051	0.174	0.141	0.498	0.530	0.515	0.430	1
Mixed Forest	0.059	0.060	0.068	0.055	−0.037	−0.003	0.045	−0.054	0.070	0.060	0.081	0.077	0.609	0.591	0.541	0.752	1
Open Shrublands	0.038	0.039	0.050	0.056	−0.041	−0.008	0.032	−0.010	0.063	0.055	0.075	0.068	0.516	0.523	0.513	0.460	38
Woody Savannas	0.054	0.049	0.061	0.081	−0.017	0.021	0.078	−0.063	0.088	0.080	0.112	0.134	0.709	0.717	0.596	0.541	16
Savannas	0.032	0.032	0.040	0.044	−0.043	−0.026	−0.016	−0.031	0.063	0.055	0.056	0.059	0.877	0.875	0.869	0.866	3
Grasslands	0.051	0.051	0.059	0.062	−0.076	−0.042	0.003	−0.049	0.098	0.079	0.080	0.091	0.667	0.675	0.637	0.596	224
Croplands	0.077	0.066	0.071	0.078	−0.047	−0.033	−0.009	−0.050	0.117	0.101	0.097	0.117	0.569	0.602	0.541	0.553	54
Cropland / Natural Vegetation Mosaic	0.063	0.056	0.066	0.079	−0.044	−0.015	0.033	−0.124	0.095	0.084	0.101	0.176	0.722	0.761	0.643	0.536	20
Barren or Sparsely Vegetated	0.018	0.021	0.030	0.032	−0.015	0.006	0.035	0.002	0.034	0.033	0.051	0.040	0.648	0.596	0.522	0.620	6
L2_SM_P_E averaged over IGBP classes	0.054	0.051	0.060	0.065	−0.062	−0.032	0.010	−0.049	0.095	0.079	0.084	0.098	0.642	0.654	0.608	0.572	363
L2_SM_Paveraged over IGBP classes	0.053	0.050	0.057	0.066	−0.061	−0.031	0.010	−0.049	0.093	0.077	0.081	0.099	0.643	0.663	0.633	0.576	393