The status of soil moisture across a national scale is of interest to meteorologists, hydrologists, climatologists, agronomists, and resource managers. The National Coordinated Soil Moisture Monitoring Network was developed to provide a framework for national scale soil moisture monitoring activities, with a focus on utility and resilience. Papers are called for on all aspects of soil moisture science, including in situ monitoring, remote sensing, and modeling. Soil moisture is an essential climate and agricultural variable, impacting many applications, therefore also of interest are studies using large-scale soil moisture estimates, as this will help to guide the development of the national network.