SMEX02 Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) Station 2031, Ames, Iowa  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0142
Summary
This work is part of the Soil Moisture Experiment (SMEX) project. This data set provides data from various sensors on the Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) station number 2031, located near Ames, Iowa, USA. The data include: hourly and daily recordings of precipitation, air temperature, solar radiation, wind speed, relative humidity, soil moisture, and soil temperature.
The station houses numerous sensors that automatically record data. Sensors include: global precipitation sensor, thermistor, thin film capacitance-type sensor, anemometer, pyranometer, pressure sensor, and a frequency-shift dielectric measuring device. Units of measurement vary, depending on the type of sensor. Data are uploaded by meteor burst telemetry to the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Data Processing Center in Portland, Oregon.
The NRCS has been operating this SCAN station since 23 September 2001, but this data set covers only the time period of interest to the Soil Moisture Experiments 2002 (SMEX02) campaign, 1 June 2002 through 31 August 2002. Data are available via FTP in two text files, one for hourly data, the other for daily data.
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: 42.1°
S: 42.1°
E: -93.85°
W: -93.85°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Thomas J. Jackson
Dataset Title: SMEX02 Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) Station 2031, Ames, Iowa
Dataset Release Date: 2003-07-31
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0142.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2002-06-01
Stop Date: 2002-08-31
Location Keywords
- Continent North America United States Of America Iowa
Science Keywords
- Agriculture Soils Soil Moisture/Water Content
- Agriculture Soils Soil Temperature
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Radiation Solar Radiation
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Temperature Air Temperature
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Water Vapor Humidity
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Winds
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Winds Surface Winds
- Atmosphere Precipitation
- Atmosphere Precipitation Precipitation Amount
- Cryosphere Frozen Ground Soil Temperature
- Land Surface Frozen Ground Soil Temperature
- Land Surface Land Temperature Land Surface Temperature
- Land Surface Soils Soil Moisture/Water Content
- Land Surface Soils Soil Temperature
Ancillary Keywords
- Air Temperature
- Air Temperatures
- Daily Air Temperatures
- Humidity
- Near-surface Air Temperatures
- Near-surface Wind Speeds
- NSIDC
- NSIDC > National Snow and Ice Data Center
- Precipitation
- Precipitation
- Precipitation Amount
- SMEX
- Soil Moisture
- Soil Temperature
- Soil Temperatures
- Solar Radiation
- Solar Radiation
- Surface Humidity
- Surface Humidity
- Surface Soil Moisture
- Wind Speed
Platform
- ARWS Automatic Remote Weather Station
- WEATHER STATIONS
Instrument
- AERS Atmospheric/Emitted Radiation Sensor
- BAROMETERS
- HUMIDITY SENSORS
- PAR SENSORS Phytosynthetically Active Radiation Sensors
- SOIL HEAT PROBE
- SOIL MOISTURE PROBE
- SOIL SAMPLER
- SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE
- WET/DRY PRECIPITATION SAMPLERS
- WIND PROFILERS
Project
- SMEX02 Soil Moisture Experiments in 2002
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
NSIDC_DAAC
Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Set ID: NSIDC-0142
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
NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Data Set ID: NSIDC-0142
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC DAAC 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: 385 KB
Distribution Format: ASCII text
Personnel
Thomas Jackson
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 301-504-8511
Fax: 301-504-8931
Email: tjackson@hydrolab.arsusda.gov
Contact Address:
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: (301) 504-6461
Fax: (301) 504-8931
Email: mcosh@hydrolab.arsusda.gov
Contact Address:
USDA ARS Hydrology Lab
104 Bldg. 007
BARC-West
City: Beltsville
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20705
Country: USA
NSIDC DAAC USER SERVICES
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: +1 (303)-492-6199
Fax: +1 (303)-492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
User Services
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Related URL
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
SCAN Project site
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
AMSR-E Validation Web site
Reference
Soil Climate Analysis (SCAN) site: http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/scan/
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2003-07-24
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