National Snow & Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center

nasa-nsidcdaac-0287

SMEX03 Regional Ground Soil Moisture Data: Alabama

This data set comprises gravimetric soil moisture and soil bulk density data collected during the Soil Moisture Experiment 2003 (SMEX03), which was conducted during June and July of 2003 in northern Alabama and southern Tennessee, USA. Data were collected at crop, pasture, and forested sites at depths of 0-3 and 3-6 cm. Data are provided in ASCII text and are available via FTP. These data were collected as part of a validation study for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E). AMSR-E is a mission instrument launched aboard NASA's Aqua Satellite on 04 May 2002. AMSR-E validation studies linked to SMEX are designed to evaluate the accuracy of AMSR-E soil moisture data. Specific validation objectives include assessing and refining soil moisture algorithm performance; verifying soil moisture estimation accuracy; investigating the effects of vegetation, surface temperature, topography, and soil texture on soil moisture accuracy; and determining the regions that are useful for AMSR-E soil moisture measurements.

http://nsidc.org/data/NSIDC-0287

Identified by : NSIDC-0287

This dataset was released on April 03, 2006.

The time range for this dataset is June 22, 2003 to July 02, 2003.

The spatial range for this dataset is 34.71° to 35.14° latitude, and -87.05° to -85.82° longitude. map (center)

DOI : 10.5067/IW5SNOPDGNOZ
Also known as :

• dataset oai:nsidc/NSIDC-0287 (nsidc lexicon)