The repository contains two spreadsheets (Excel) for processing soil samples and cosmic-ray neutron sensing data, respectively. Specifically: 1. the first file is called "CRNS_SoS_v3_1.xlsm" and it can be used for processing soil samples data according to weighting functions proposed by Franz, Trenton E., M. Zreda, T. P. A. Ferre, R. Rosolem, C. Zweck, S. Stillman, X. Zeng, and W. J. Shuttleworth. “Measurement Depth of the Cosmic Ray Soil Moisture Probe Affected by Hydrogen from Various Sources.” Water Resources Research 48, no. 8 (August 21, 2012). https://doi.org/10.1029/2012WR011871. Schrön, M., M. Köhli, L. Scheiffele, J. Iwema, H. R. Bogena, L. Lv, E. Martini, et al. “Improving Calibration and Validation of Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensors in the Light of Spatial Sensitivity.” Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 21, no. 10 (October 6, 2017): 5009–30 https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-5009-2017. 2. the second file is called "CRNS_PoP_v2_2.xlsm" and it can be used to correct row neutrons for atmospheric correction and to inverte the signal to soil moisture according to current state-of-the-art of CRNS method. See for details: Zreda, M., W. J. Shuttleworth, X. Zeng, C. Zweck, D. Desilets, T. Franz, and R. Rosolem. “COSMOS: The COsmic-Ray Soil Moisture Observing System.” Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 16, no. 11 (November 7, 2012): 4079–99. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-16-4079-2012.

The study was partially conducted within the CRP IAEA project D12014 (Enhancing agricultural resilience andwater security using Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensor) and within the 21GRD08 SoMMet project. The SoMMet project has received funding from the European Partnership on Metrology, co-financed from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme and by the Participating States (funder name European Partnership on Metrology; funder ID 10.13039/100019599; grant no. 21GRD08 SoMMet).