SMEX04 Soil Characteristics Data: Arizona  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0415
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.
The SMEX04 Soil Characteristics data set contains data for Arizona, USA as part of the 2004 Soil Moisture Experiment (SMEX04). The original data were extracted from a multi-layer soil characteristics database for the conterminous United States and generated using Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) ArcMap software for the regional study area. Parameters for this data set include available water capacity, bulk density, elevation, permeability, porosity, rock fragment class, rock fragment volume, texture class, texture/percent clay, and texture/percent sand. The temporal coverage is approximate, as these data are representative of the conditions present in the regional study area during the general timeline of the SMEX04 campaign. The total volume for these data is approximately 635 megabytes. 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: Cosh, Michael H., and William A. White
Dataset Title: SMEX04 Soil Characteristics Data: Arizona
Dataset Release Date: 2009-08-04
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0415.html
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ARIZONA
Science Keywords
- Land Surface Soils Soil Bulk Density
- Land Surface Soils Soil Classification
- Land Surface Soils Soil Moisture/Water Content
- Land Surface Soils Soil Porosity
- Land Surface Soils Soil Texture
- Land Surface Topography Terrain Elevation
Ancillary Keywords
- AMSR-E
- DAAC
- Elevation
- NASA
- NSIDC
- NSIDC DAAC
- Rock Fragment Class
- Rock Fragment Volume
- SMEX
- Soil Bulk Density
- Soil Moisture
- soil permeability
- Soil Texture
- Soil Water Content
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
- FIELD SURVEYS
- LANDSAT
- MAPS
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: 635 MB
Distribution Format: ASCII Text
Personnel
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
William A. White
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- USDA ARS Hydrology Lab
City: Beltsville
Province or State: Maryland
Postal Code: 20705
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: 2009-08-04
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-08-21
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