SMEX04 Meteorological Network Data: Arizona  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0401
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 contains data from in situ meteorological measurements collected during the Soil Moisture Experiment 2004 (SMEX04) in Arizona, USA. The data parameters and sensors include the following: relative humidity and temperature from the temperature and relative humidity probe; wind speed, wind vector, wind direction and standard deviation of wind direction from the 3-cup anemometer and wind vane; barometric pressure from the barometric pressure sensor; solar radiation from the pyranometer; Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) incoming and PAR reflected from the Quantum Sensor; soil heat flux from the soil heat flux plate; soil temperature from the Type T thermocouple wire; net radiation from the net radiometer; and soil moisture from the Theta Probe. Temporal coverage for the data spans 01 June 2004 to 30 September 2004. The total volume of this data set is approximately two megabytes in four ASCII text files. The data 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: 31.422°
S: 31.112°
E: -109.718°
W: -110.239°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Keefer, T., D. Goodrich, and S. Moran
Dataset Title: SMEX04 Meteorological Network Data: Arizona
Dataset Release Date: 2009-06-18
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0401.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2004-06-01
Stop Date: 2004-09-30
Data Resolution
Temporal Resolution: 00:20:00
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ARIZONA
Science Keywords
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Pressure Surface Pressure Barometric Pressure
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Radiation Net Radiation
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Radiation Solar Radiation
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Temperature Air Temperature
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Water Vapor Humidity Relative Humidity
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Winds Surface Winds Standard Deviation of Wind Direction
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Winds Surface Winds Wind Direction
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Winds Surface Winds Wind Speed
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Winds Surface Winds Wind Vector
- Biosphere Vegetation Photosynthetically Active Radiation Incoming
- Biosphere Vegetation Photosynthetically Active Radiation Reflected
- Land Surface Soils Soil Heat Budget Soil Heat Flux
- Land Surface Soils Soil Moisture/Water Content
- Land Surface Soils Soil Temperature
Ancillary Keywords
- Air Temperature
- AMSR-E
- DAAC
- Meteorology
- NASA
- Near-surface Air Temperatures
- Near-surface Wind Speeds
- NSIDC
- NSIDC DAAC
- Photosynthetically Active Radiation
- Pressure
- Relative Humidity
- SMEX
- Soil Heat Flux
- Soil Moisture
- Soil Temperature
- Solar Radiation
- Wind Direction
- Wind Speed
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
- GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Instrument
- ANEMOMETERS
- HUMIDITY SENSORS
- LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR
- NET RADIOMETERS
- PRESSURE SENSORS
- PYRANOMETERS
- SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER
- SOIL MOISTURE PROBE
- TEMPERATURE PROBES
- THERMOCOUPLES
- WIND VANES
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: 2 MB
Distribution Format: ASCII Text
Personnel
Timothy Keefer
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 520 670-6381
Email: tim.keefer@ars.usda.gov
Contact Address:
- United States Department of Agriculture
- USDA ARS Hydology Lab, Southwest Watershed Research Center
David Goodrich
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- United States Department of Agriculture
- USDA ARS Hydology Lab, Southwest Watershed Research Center
Susan Moran
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- United States Department of Agriculture
- USDA ARS Hydology Lab, Southwest Watershed Research Center
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: 2009-06-18
Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-07-28
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