DisPATCh as a tool to evaluate coarse-scale remotely sensed soil moisture using localized in situ measurements: Application to SMOS and AMSR-E data in Southeastern Australia

• Disaggregation at 1 km is applied over the Murrumbidgee catchment in Australia.
• Downscaling approach can help solve the disparity of spatial scales for validation.
• DisPATCh is applied to two different soil moisture products: SMOS and AMSR-E.
• DisPATCh has strong potential in low vegetated semi-arid areas.