Michael H. Cosh (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree in civil and environmental engineering from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, in 2002.,He is a Research Hydrologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, USA. His current research interests include the monitoring of soil moisture from both in situ resources and satellite products. He conducts research on satellite calibration and validation for such missions as the Soil Moisture Active Passive and Soil Moisture Ocean Salinity Missions.,Dr. Cosh is a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy.