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pude moisture content, Os, derived from ERS Scatterometer data (bottom) over an 
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the to April 1997. The soil moisture values represent the mean monthly soil moisture 
0SC. content in the surface layer expressed in percent of saturation (degree of 
saturation). The maps are based on an uneven number of ERS Scatterometer 
measurements per month. If less than three measurements are available then the 
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