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Four local criteria are spectral indices (WISOIL, NSMI, NINSOL and NINSON). These indices are the ratios between the spectral reflectances acquired at two specific wavelengths to characterize moisture content in soil. The last criterion is based in the convex hull concept and it is a global method, which is based on the analysis of the full spectral signature of the soil. The database was composed of 464 and 9 spectra, respectively, measured over bare soils in laboratory and in-situ. For each measurement, SMC and texture were well-known and the database was divided in two parts dedicated to calibration and validation steps. The calibration part was used to define the empirical relation between SMC and SMC retrieval approaches, with coefficients of determination (R2) between 0.72 and 0.92. A clay content (CC) dependence was detected for the NINSOL and NINSON indices. Consequently, two new criteria were proposed taking into account the CC contribution (NINSOLCC and NINSONCC). The well-marked regression between SMC and global\/local indices, and the interest of using the CC, were confirmed during the validation step using laboratory data (R\u00b2 superior to 0.76 and Root mean square errors inferior to 8.3% m3\u2219m\u22123 in all cases) and using in-situ data, where WISOIL, NINSOLCC and NINSONCC criteria stand out among the NSMI and CH.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs70303184","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,3,23]],"date-time":"2015-03-23T12:17:00Z","timestamp":1427113020000},"page":"3184-3205","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":39,"title":["Improvement of Soil Moisture Retrieval from Hyperspectral VNIR-SWIR Data Using Clay Content Information:  From Laboratory to Field Experiments"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"7","author":[{"given":"Rosa","family":"Oltra-Carri\u00f3","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"DOTA-ONERA, 2 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31055 Toulouse Cedex 4, France"}]},{"given":"Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric","family":"Baup","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CESBIO, 18 avenue. 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