SMEX03 Regional Ground Soil Moisture Data: Oklahoma

Data Contributors JACKSON, THOMAS COSH, MICHAEL Parameters LAND TEMPERATURE > LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE SOILS > SOIL BULK DENSITY SOILS > SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT SOILS > SOIL TEMPERATURE Instruments CORING DEVICES DIELECTRIC PROBE INFRARED THERMOMETERS PROBES SOIL HEAT PROBE SOIL MOISTURE PROBE SOIL SAMPLER TEMPERATURE PROBES

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The parameters for this data set include gravimetric soil moisture, volumetric soil moisture, bulk density, and surface and soil temperature for the Oklahoma study region. Summary files containing field averages are also provided. This data set is part of the Soil Moisture Experiment 2003 (SMEX03). The United States portion of SMEX03 was conducted during June and July of 2003; the Oklahoma data was collected from 2 to 17 July 2003. Data are provided in tab-delimited 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.

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Thomas J. Jackson. 2006. SMEX03 Regional Ground Soil Moisture Data: Oklahoma. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.

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