SMEX03 Surface and Soil Temperature Measurements: Alabama  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0319
Summary
This data set contains land surface temperature and soil temperature data at depths of 1 cm, 5 cm, and 10 cm collected during the Soil Moisture Experiment 2003 (SMEX03). The data were collected from 21 June 2003 to 2 July 2003 in northern Alabama and southern Tennessee, USA at crop, pasture, and forested sites. Data are provided in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and an ASCII text file, 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.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: 35.16°
S: 34.68°
E: -85.78°
W: -87.07°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: William Crosson and Charles Laymon
Dataset Title: SMEX03 Surface and Soil Temperature Measurements: Alabama
Dataset Release Date: 2007-10-15
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0319.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2003-06-21
Stop Date: 2003-07-02
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ALABAMA
Science Keywords
- Agriculture Soils Soil Temperature
- Land Surface Land Temperature Land Surface Temperature
- Land Surface Soils Soil Temperature
Ancillary Keywords
- AMSR-E
- DAAC
- Land Surface Temperature
- NASA
- NSIDC DAAC
- SMEX
- Soil Moisture
- Soil Temperature
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
- GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Instrument
- INFRARED THERMOMETERS
- THERMOMETERS
Project
- SMEX03 Soil Moisture Experiments in 2003
Data Set Progress
complete
Originating Center
NSIDC_DAAC
Data Center
NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 111 KB
Distribution Format: Microsoft Excel
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 35 KB
Distribution Format: ASCII Text
Personnel
William Crosson
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
- Universities Space Research Association (USRA)
- 320 Sparkman Dr.
City: Huntsville
Province or State: AL
Postal Code: 35805
Country: USA
Charles Laymon
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- Alabama A&M University
- Universities Space Research Association/National Space Science and Tech. Center
- 320 Sparkman Dr.
City: Huntsville
Province or State: AL
Postal Code: 35805
Country: USA
NSIDC User Services
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Fax: 1 303 492-2468 x
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Related URL
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
AMSR-E/Aqua Data at NSIDC
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
AMSR-E Validation
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
AMSR-E Validation Data
Reference
Please see the SMEX03 Web site (http://hydrolab.arsusda.gov/smex03/) for more information, and the NSIDC SMEX Web site (/data/amsr_validation/soil_moisture/) to access related data sets.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2007-10-15
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-08-28
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