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In fine-textured soils, the conversion of Kb to \u03b8 is still challenging due to temperature effects on the bound water fraction associated with clay mineral surfaces, which is disregarded in factory calibrations. Here, a multi-point calibration approach accounts for temperature effects on two soils with medium to high clay content. A calibration strategy was developed using repacked soil samples in which the Kb-\u03b8 relationship was determined for temperature (T) steps from 10 to 40 \u00b0C. This approach was tested using the GS3 and TEROS-12 sensors (METER Group, Inc. Pullman, WA, USA; formerly Decagon Devices). Kb is influenced by T in both soils with contrasting T-Kb relationships. The measured data were fitted using a linear function \u03b8 = aKb + b with temperature-dependent coefficients a and b. The slope, a(T), and intercept, b(T), of the loam soil were different from the ones of the clay soil. The consideration of a temperature correction resulted in low RMSE values, ranging from 0.007 to 0.033 cm3 cm\u22123, which were lower than the RMSE values obtained from factory calibration (0.046 to 0.11 cm3 cm\u22123). However, each experiment was replicated only twice using two different sensors. Sensor-to-sensor variability effects were thus ignored in this study and will be systematically investigated in a future study. Finally, the applicability of the proposed calibration method was tested at two experimental sites. The spatial-average \u03b8 from a network of GS3 sensors based on the new calibration fairly agreed with the independent area-wide \u03b8 from the Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor (CRNS). This study provided a temperature-corrected calibration to increase the accuracy of commercial sensors, especially under dry conditions, at two experimental sites.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s24030952","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,1]],"date-time":"2024-02-01T09:43:22Z","timestamp":1706780602000},"page":"952","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Temperature-Corrected Calibration of GS3 and TEROS-12 Soil Water Content Sensors"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"24","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9654-566X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Paolo","family":"Nasta","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Agricultural Sciences, AFBE Division, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici, Italy"}]},{"given":"Francesca","family":"Coccia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Agricultural Sciences, AFBE Division, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici, Italy"}]},{"given":"Ugo","family":"Lazzaro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Agricultural Sciences, AFBE Division, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici, Italy"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9974-6686","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Heye R.","family":"Bogena","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, 52425 Juelich, Germany"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1327-0945","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Johan A.","family":"Huisman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, 52425 Juelich, Germany"}]},{"given":"Benedetto","family":"Sica","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Agricultural Sciences, AFBE Division, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici, Italy"}]},{"given":"Caterina","family":"Mazzitelli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Agricultural Sciences, AFBE Division, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici, Italy"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8051-8517","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Harry","family":"Vereecken","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, 52425 Juelich, Germany"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7276-6994","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nunzio","family":"Romano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Agricultural Sciences, AFBE Division, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici, Italy"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"125","DOI":"10.1016\/j.earscirev.2010.02.004","article-title":"Investigating Soil Moisture-Climate Interactions in a Changing Climate: A Review","volume":"99","author":"Seneviratne","year":"2010","journal-title":"Earth Sci. 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