SMEX03 Surface and Soil Temperature Measurements: Alabama

Data Contributors CROSSON, WILLIAM LAYMON, CHARLES Parameters LAND TEMPERATURE > LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE SOILS > SOIL TEMPERATURE Instruments INFRARED THERMOMETERS THERMOMETERS

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This data set contains land surface temperature and soil temperature data at depths of 1 cm, 5 cm, and 10 cm collected during the Soil Moisture Experiment 2003 (SMEX03). The data were collected from 21 June 2003 to 2 July 2003 in northern Alabama and southern Tennessee, USA at crop, pasture, and forested sites. Data are provided in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and an ASCII text file, 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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William Crosson and Charles Laymon. 2007. SMEX03 Surface and Soil Temperature Measurements: Alabama. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.

See Also

• AMSR-E Validation Data
• AMSR-E/Aqua Data at NSIDC
• AMSR-E Validation
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