SMAPVEX19-22 Massachusetts Vegetation Optical Depth, Version 1
Data set id:
SV19MA_VOD
DOI: 10.5067/2PZJDURUJLWF
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
Initial release.
Overview
As part of the SMAPVEX19-22 campaign, an L-band radiometer was deployed on top of a tower at Harvard Forest,Massachusetts, looking down at a stand of red oak forest. The radiometer collected data in V-polarization from late April to mid October 2019. Over 4 days in early July 2019, the water potential and L-band complex dielectric constant of canopy leaves were measured at various times of day. Other instruments were installed within the radiometer's field of view to measure soil moisture and temperature, air temperature, tree xylem apparent dielectric permittivity at 70 MHz, tree xylem water potential, and canopy wetness. The goal of this experiment was to study the sensitivity of L-band vegetation optical depth (VOD) to changing vegetation water potential over a growing season.
Parameter(s):
AIR TEMPERATUREBRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURESOIL TEMPERATURESURFACE SOIL MOISTUREVEGETATION OPTICAL DEPTHVEGETATION WATER POTENTIALXYLEM DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITY
Platform(s):
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Sensor(s):
DIELECTRIC PROBE, HUMIDITY SENSORS, PRESSURE SENSORS, RADIOMETERS, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, THERMOMETERS
Data Format(s):
CSV
Temporal Coverage:
28 April 2019 to 17 October 2019
Temporal Resolution:
- 1 hour
Spatial Resolution:
- not applicable
- not applicable
Spatial Reference System(s):
WGS 84
EPSG:4326
Spatial Coverage:
N:
42.54
S:
42.54
E:
-72.17
W:
-72.17
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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