1. Third COSMOS workshop Tucson, AZ, 10-12 December 2012

2. Cosmic-ray probe
Rietholzbach, Switzerland

3. What is sensed

4. Cosmic-ray soil moisture observing system (COSMOS)
Latency: 1 hour

5. COSMOS data levels Current Level 1 Raw count rates, basic met data
Level 2 Corrected and normalized count rates
Level 3 Soil moisture and measurement thickness
Future
Level 4 Soil moisture profiles (DA, LSM)

6. COSMOS probes Europe: 2 Hawaii: 2 Brazil: 1 Kenya: 2 US 48 states 54
Other locations 7
TOTAL 61
Ordered 10

7. Cosmic-ray probes - global
TERENO
COSMOS
CosmOz
COSMOS 61
CosmOz 13
TERENO 17
Other 12
Ordered 20
TOTAL 123

8. Workshop goals Discuss state of the science (see where we are)
Exchange experiences and ideas (learn from each other)
Identify outstanding problems; propose solutions
Engage other networks and scientists
Define areas of applications (be important)
Identify users of data (be relevant)
Help expand the global COSMOS community (help each other)
Help develop phase 2 of COSMOS