PALS/In Situ Multi-Campaign 800 m UTM Grid Brightness Temperature, Backscatter, and Soil Moisture Match-Up, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0666
DOI: 10.5067/MPSKZBVINW95
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
First public data release.

Overview

This data set contains data obtained by the Passive Active L- and S-band (PALS) microwave aircraft instrument that are matched up with a variety of soil moisture campaign data. The data were collected as part of four different campaigns: Southern Great Plains 1999 (SGP99), Cloud and Land Surface Interaction Campaign 2007 (CLASIC07), Soil Moisture Experiment 2002 (SMEX02), and the SMAP Validation Experiment 2008 (SMAPVEX08).
Parameter(s):
BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURELAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATIONSOIL CLASSIFICATIONSOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENTSOIL TEMPERATUREVEGETATION WATER CONTENT
Platform(s):
AIRCRAFT
Sensor(s):
PALS
Data Format(s):
ASCII
Temporal Coverage:
29 September 2008 to 13 October 2008
11 June 2007 to 6 July 2007
25 June 2002 to 8 July 2002
8 July 1999 to 14 July 1999
Temporal Resolution:
  • Varies
Spatial Resolution:
  • 800 m
  • 800 m
Spatial Coverage:
N:
35.21
S:
34.91
E:
-97.83
W:
-98.67
N:
41.99
S:
41.92
E:
-93.4
W:
-93.8
N:
39.09
S:
38.95
E:
-75.54
W:
-76.18
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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