Method development for estimating soil organic carbon content in an alpine region using soil moisture data

The high soil organic carbon (SOC) content in alpine meadow can significantly change soil hydrothermal properties and further affect the soil temperature and moisture as well as the surface water and energy budget. Therefore, this study first introduces a parameterization scheme to describe the effect of SOC content on soil hydraulic and thermal parameters in a land surface model (LSM), and then the SOC content is estimated by minimizing the...