SMEX04 Soil Characteristics Data: Sonora  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0439
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 SMEX04 soil characteristics data set contains data for Sonora, Mexico as part of the 2004 Soil Moisture Experiment (SMEX04). The data were extracted from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) digital soil map of the world. Parameters for this data set are soil texture in terms of percent sand and percent clay, and porosity. 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 creation of the 2000 FAO soil map of the world. The total volume of this data set is approximately 110 kilobytes. Data are provided in an ASCII text file and are available via FTP.
The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (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: 33°
S: 29°
E: -108°
W: -113°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Bindlish, Rajat, and Thomas J. Jackson
Dataset Title: SMEX04 Soil Characteristics Data: Sonora
Dataset Release Date: 2009-12-17
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0439.html
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA MEXICO
Science Keywords
- Land Surface Soils Soil Porosity
- Land Surface Soils Soil Texture
Ancillary Keywords
- AMSR-E
- AMSR-E Validation
- DAAC
- NSIDC
- NSIDC DAAC
- percent clay
- percent sand
- porosity
- SMEX
- Soils
- Soils Data
- Soil Texture
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
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: 110 KB
Distribution Format: ASCII Text
Personnel
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
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
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: 2009-12-17
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-06-26
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