SMEX03 Soil Texture Data: Alabama  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0368
Summary
Notice to Data Users: The documentation for this data set was provided solely by the Principal Investigator(s) and was not further developed, thoroughly reviewed, or edited by NSIDC. Thus, support for this data set may be limited.
This ancillary data file provides soil texture classes for Soil Climate and Analysis (SCAN) sites in northern Alabama, USA associated with the Soil Moisture Experiment 2003 (SMEX03). Soil texture measurements were obtained for the top layer of the soil at eight United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) SCAN sites during June and July 2003. Data are provided in a single 1 KB 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: Laymon, Charles.
Dataset Title: SMEX03 Soil Texture Data: Alabama
Dataset Release Date: 2009-02-15
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0368.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2003-06-01
Stop Date: 2003-07-31
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ALABAMA
Science Keywords
- Land Surface Soils Soil Texture
Ancillary Keywords
- AMSR-E
- Ancillary Data
- NASA
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- NSIDC DAAC
- SMEX
- Soil Moisture
- Soil Texture
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
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: 1 KB
Distribution Format: ASCII Text
Personnel
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 Data at NSIDC
Reference
Please visit the USDA SMEX03 Web site (http://hydrolab.arsusda.gov/smex03/) for in-depth information on the science mission and goal of the SMEX project.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2009-02-15
Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-10-08
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