National Snow & Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center

nasa-nsidcdaac-0296

SMEX03 Watershed Ground Soil Moisture Data: Oklahoma

This data set combines data for several parameters measured for the Soil Moisture Experiment 2003 (SMEX03). The parameters include bulk density, gravimetric and volumetric soil moisture, and surface and subsurface soil temperature. This study was conducted between 2 July 2003 and 17 July 2003 in the Little Washita watershed in Oklahoma, USA. Data were collected using a variety of methods and sensors. Data are formatted as 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.

nsidc.org

http://nsidc.org/data/NSIDC-0296

Identified by : NSIDC-0296

This dataset was released on July 25, 2006.

The time range for this dataset is July 02, 2003 to July 17, 2003.

The spatial range for this dataset is 34.9° to 34.96° latitude, and -98.3° to -97.95° longitude. map (center)

DOI : 10.5067/MDA5IC8S3LBM
Also known as :

• dataset oai:nsidc/NSIDC-0296 (nsidc lexicon)