**Meet the editor**

Dr. Gabriela Civeira is currently an adjunct professor of agrosystems environmental impact at the Faculty of Agronomy, Morón University, Buenos Aires and was previously an adjunct professor of ecology at the same university. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Gabriela was educated at Westminster School in Banfield, Argentina and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in

agronomy engineering, earned a scholarship in order to pursue research and teaching abilities at the Faculty of Agronomy from the University of Buenos Aires. Following her university work from research activities, Gabriela then attended University Graduate School, University of Buenos Aires gaining her Masters in soil science degree before embarking on an academic career, which has both embraced teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students and research. During 2016, Gabriela earned her Doctoral degree at the University of La Coruña with a thesis on ecosystem services in urban environments and landscape planning.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 1 Introductory Chapter 1**

Gabriela Civeira

**Section 2 Estimation Techniques 7**

**Moisture 9** Dai Matsushima

**Section 3 Landscape Water 75**

**Observations 29** Hongquan Wang

**of the Yucatan Peninsula 55**

**the IrrigaPot Technology 77**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Soil Moisture 3**

Chapter 2 **Thermal Inertia-Based Method for Estimating Soil**

Chapter 3 **Soil Moisture Retrieval from Microwave Remote Sensing**

Chapter 4 **Correlation between TDR and FDR Soil Moisture Measurements**

Chapter 5 **Water Replenishment in Agricultural Soils: Dissemination of**

**at Different Scales to Establish Water Availability at the South**

Judith Guadalupe Ramos Hernández, Jesus Gracia-Sánchez, Tania Patricia Rodríguez-Martínez and José Adalberto Zuñiga-Morales

Lucieta G. Martorano, Araya A. Berhe, José Reinaldo da Silva Cabral de Moraes, Ayllan Rayanne da Silva Lima, Douglas Cavalcante Costa, Aline Michelle da Silva Barbosa and Marcelo Coelho Marques
