SMEX03 Regional Ground Soil Moisture Data: Georgia

Data Contributors

BOSCH, DAVID
JACKSON, THOMAS
LAKSHMI, VENKAT
JACOBS, JENNIFER

Parameters

LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE
SOIL BULK DENSITY
SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT
SOIL TEMPERATURE

Instruments

DIELECTRIC PROBE
PROBES
SOIL HEAT PROBE
SOIL MOISTURE PROBE
SOIL SAMPLER
TEMPERATURE PROBES

The parameters for this data set include gravimetric soil moisture, volumetric soil moisture, bulk density, and surface and soil temperature for the Georgia study region. This data set is part of the Soil Moisture Experiment 2003 (SMEX03). The United States portion of SMEX03 was conducted during June and July, 2003. Data are provided in a tab-delimited ASCII text file, and are available via FTP.

The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) is a mission instrument launched aboard the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Aqua Satellite on 4 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.

Data Citation

SMEX03 regional ground soil moisture data: Georgia