Controls, Conventional Estimation, and Remote Sensing Methods OverviewTurbulent Fluxes of Heat and Moisture at the Earth’s Land Surface: Importance, Controlling Parameters, and Conventional Measurement Techniques, George P. Petropoulos, Toby N. Carlson, and Hywel M. GriffithsSurface Soil Moisture Estimation: Significance, Controls, and Conventional Measurement Techniques, George P. Petropoulos, Hywel M. Griffiths, Wouter Dorigo, Angelika Xaver, and Alexander GruberRemote Sensing of Surface Turbulent Energy Fluxes, George P. PetropoulosSatellite Remote Sensing of Surface Soil Moisture, Brian W. Barrett and George P. PetropoulosRemote Sensing of the Land Surface Radiation Budget, Shunlin Liang, Xiaotong Zhang, Tao He, Jie Cheng, and Dongdong WangRemote Sensing of Surface Energy Fluxes: Algorithms and Case StudiesA Comparative Study of Techniques for Modeling the Spatiotemporal Distribution of Heat and Moisture Fluxes at Different Agroecosystems in Brazil, Antônio Heriberto de Castro Teixeira, Fernando Braz Tangerino Hernandez, H. L. Lopes, Morris Scherer-Warren, and Luís Henrique BassoiEstimation of Land Surface Energy Fluxes from Remote Sensing Using One-Layer Modeling Approaches, Weiqiang Ma, Yaoming Ma, Hirohiko Ishikawa, and Zhongbo SuMapping Surface Fluxes and Moisture Conditions from Field to Global Scales Using ALEXI/DisALEXI, Martha C. Anderson, William P. Kustas, and Christopher R. HainSpatiotemporal Estimation of Land Surface Evapotranspiration Rates from MODIS Data Based on a VI–Ts Approach, Qiuhong Tang, Lei Huang, Hui Liu, Pat Jen-Feng Yeh, and Jaeil ChoGlobal-Scale Estimation of Land Surface Heat Fluxes from Space: Product Assessment and Intercomparison, Matthew McCabe, Diego Miralles, Carlos Jimenez, Ali Ershadi, Joshua Fisher, Qiaozhen Mu, Miaoling Liang, Brigitte Mueller, Justin Sheffield, Sonia Seneviratne, and Eric WoodThe Role of Scale in Determining Surface Energy Fluxes from Remote Sensing, Nathaniel A. Brunsell and Leiqiu HuRemote Sensing of Soil Surface Moisture: Algorithms and Case StudiesPassive Microwave Remote Sensing Techniques for the Retrieval of Surface Soil Moisture from Space, Simonetta Paloscia and Emanuele SantiSoil Moisture Retrieval from Synthetic Aperture Radar: Facing the Soil Roughness Parameterization Problem, Niko E. C. Verhoest and Hans LievensOn the Synergistic Use of Microwave and Infrared Satellite Observations to Monitor Soil Moisture and Flooding, Marouane Temimi, Christopher R. Hain, Xiwu Zhan, Robert Rabin, Martha C. Anderson, Claudia Notarnicola, Jan Stepinski, and Amelise BonhommeOn the Synergy between Optical and TIR Observations for the Retrievals of Soil Moisture Content: Exploring Different Approaches, José Sobrino, Cristian Mattar, Juan Carlos Jiménez-Muñoz, Belen Franch, and Chiara CorbariSoil Moisture Remote Sensing and Data Assimilation, Carsten MontzkaScaling and Filtering Approaches for the Use of Satellite Soil Moisture Observations, Luca Brocca, Florisa Melone, Tommaso Moramarco, Wolfgang Wagner, and Clement AlbergelSelection of Performance Metrics for Global Soil Moisture Products: The Case of ASCAT Product, Clement Albergel, Luca Brocca, Wolfgang Wagner, Patricia de Rosnay, and Jean-Christophe CalvetChallenges and Future OutlookGlobal-Scale Estimation of Land Surface Heat Fluxes from Space: Current Status, Opportunities, and Future Directions, Matthew McCabe, William Kustas, Martha Anderson, Cezar Kongoli, Ali Ershadi, and Christopher R. HainOperations, Challenges, and Prospects of Satellite-Based Surface Soil Moisture Data Services, Wolfgang Wagner, Sebastian Hahn, Julia Figa, Clement Albergel, Patricia de Rosnay, Luca Brocca, Richard de Jeu, Stefan Hasenauer, and Wouter Dorigo