SMEX04 Terra MODIS Data  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0388
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 consists of a number of data products from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board the NASA Terra satellite for use in Soil Moisture Experiment 2004 (SMEX04) studies. These MODIS data were acquired over the two SMEX04 regional study areas, Arizona, USA and Sonora, Mexico, with spatial resolution ranging from 0.05 degrees to 500 m. The SMEX04 MODIS data include a variety of daily data plus 8- and 16-day composite data relevant to SMEX04 land surface parameters, such as land surface temperature and vegetation indices. Temporal coverage for the daily data spans 19 July 2004 through 5 September 2004, and 1 January 2004 through 31 December 2004 for the 8- and 16-day composite data. The total volume for this data set is approximately 4.6 gigabytes. Data are provided in Hierarchical Data Format - Earth Observing System (HDF-EOS) files and are available via FTP. Corresponding HDF header files are also 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: 32.69°
S: 29.36°
E: -108.63°
W: -111.42°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Huete, Alfredo, and Andree Jacobson.
Dataset Title: SMEX04 Terra MODIS Data
Dataset Release Date: 2009-04-30
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0388.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2004-01-01
Stop Date: 2004-12-31
Start Date: 2004-07-19
Stop Date: 2004-09-05
Data Resolution
Temporal Resolution: 1 day
Temporal Resolution: 16 days
Temporal Resolution: 8 days
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA MEXICO
- CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ARIZONA
Science Keywords
- Spectral/Engineering Infrared Wavelengths Infrared Imagery
- Spectral/Engineering Infrared Wavelengths Infrared Imagery
- Spectral/Engineering Infrared Wavelengths Infrared Imagery
- Spectral/Engineering Visible Wavelengths Visible Imagery
- Spectral/Engineering Visible Wavelengths Visible Imagery
- Spectral/Engineering Visible Wavelengths Visible Imagery
Ancillary Keywords
- AMSR-E
- MODIS
- NASA
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- NSIDC
- NSIDC DAAC
- Reflected Spectral Radiance
- Satellite Imagery
- SMEX
- Terra
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
- TERRA Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1)
Instrument
- MODIS Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
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: 1 - 40 MB
Distribution Format: HDF
Personnel
Alfredo Huete
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 520 621-3228
Fax: 1 520 621-1791
Email: AHuete@Ag.Arizona.EDU
Contact Address:
- University of Arizona
- Soil, Water, and Environmental Sciences
- 1177 E. Fourth Street
City: Tucson
Province or State: AZ
Postal Code: 85721-0038
Country: USA
Andree Jacobson
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 520 626-2086
Fax: 1 520 621-1791
Email: Andree@Ag.Arizona.EDU
Contact Address:
- University of Arizona
- Soil, Water, and Environmental Sciences
- 1177 E. Fourth Street
City: Tucson
Province or State: AZ
Postal Code: 85721-0038
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
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
AMSR-E Validation Data
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: 2009-04-30
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-07-16
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