SMEX04 Regional Soil Moisture Data: Arizona  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0384
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 data set combines data for several parameters measured as part of the Soil Moisture Experiment 2004 (SMEX04). Field measurements were obtained from 2 August through 26 August 2004 with a variety sensors, such as probes and pyrometers, within the regional study area of Arizona, USA. The parameters include gravimetric soil moisture, volumetric soil moisture, soil and surface temperature, and bulk density. Summary files containing field averages are also provided for simplicity. The total volume of this data set is approximately 1 MB. Data are provided in ASCII text files 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: 32.1°
S: 31.4°
E: -109.7°
W: -110.3°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Jackson, T. J., M. H. Cosh, J. Famiglietti, and R. Bindlish.
Dataset Title: SMEX04 Regional Soil Moisture Data: Arizona
Dataset Release Date: 2009-04-10
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0384.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2004-08-03
Stop Date: 2004-08-26
Data Resolution
Temporal Resolution: 1 day
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ARIZONA
Science Keywords
- Agriculture Soils Soil Moisture/Water Content
- Agriculture Soils Soil Temperature
- Atmosphere Precipitation Precipitation Amount
- Land Surface Land Temperature Land Surface Temperature
- Land Surface Soils Electrical Conductivity
- Land Surface Soils Hydraulic Conductivity
- Land Surface Soils Soil Bulk Density
- Land Surface Soils Soil Salinity/Soil Sodicity
- Land Surface Soils Thermal Conductivity
Ancillary Keywords
- AMSR-E
- Conductivity
- gravimetric soil moisture (GSM)
- NASA
- NSIDC > National Snow and Ice Data Center
- SMEX
- Soil Bulk Density
- Soil Moisture
- soil salinity
- Soil Temperature
- Soil Water Content
- Surface Temperature
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
- GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Instrument
- DIELECTRIC PROBE
- PYROMETERS
- SOIL MOISTURE PROBE
- TEMPERATURE PROBES
Project
- SMEX04 Soil Moisture Experiments in 2004
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: 104 to 373 KB
Distribution Format: ASCII Text
Personnel
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
Thomas Jackson
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 301 504-8511
Fax: 1 301 504-8931
Email: tjackson@hydrolab.arsusda.gov
Contact Address:
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- ARS Hydrology Lab
- USDA ARS Hydrology Lab
- 104 Bldg. 007
- BARC-West
City: Beltsville
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20705
Country: USA
Michael Cosh
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 301 504-6461
Fax: 1 301 504-8931
Email: mcosh@hydrolab.arsusda.gov
Contact Address:
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- USDA ARS Hydrology Lab
- USDA ARS Hydrology Lab
- 104 Bldg. 007
- BARC-West
City: Beltsville
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20705
Country: USA
Jay Famiglietti
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- University of California
- Earth System Science
Rajat Bindlish
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: bindlish@hydrolab.arsusda.gov
Contact Address:
- USDA
- ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Lab
City: Beltsville
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20705
Country: USA
Related URL
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
AMSR-E/Aqua Data at NSIDC
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
AMSR-E/Aqua Data at NSIDC
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
AMSR-E Validation Data at NSIDC
Reference
Refer to the USDA SMEX04 Web site (http://hydrolab.arsusda.gov/smex04/) 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: 2009-04-10
Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-10-08
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