Research Article

Spatial and Temporal Soil Moisture Variations over China from Simulations and Observations

Table 2

The RMSE and bias between simulated monthly mean and measured SM of each layer over the subregions (unit: m3/m3).

Regions0–10 cm10–20 cm20–30 cm30–50 cm0–50 cm
RMSEBiasRMSEBiasRMSEBiasRMSEBiasRMSEBias

R10.0670.0620.0390.0280.0320.0130.030.0040.0350.022
R20.090.0840.0880.0810.0930.0880.10.0950.0940.09
R30.0940.0830.0680.0540.0590.0450.0410.0220.0570.044