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SMEX02 Land Surface Information: Soils Database, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0278
DOI: 10.5067/RS5JQW0QA5XG
This is the most recent version of these data.

Overview

This data set includes soil moisture data for the following 10 Iowa counties: Boone, Dallas, Franklin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jasper, Marshall, Polk, Story, and Wright. These data were created by appending existing county digital soils data provided by the Iowa Cooperative Soil Survey (ICCS) and clipping them by the SMEX02 project area boundary.
Parameter(s):
BOUNDARY SURVEYS
LAND USE CLASSES
SOIL CLASSIFICATION
Platform(s):
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
Sensor(s):
CAMERAS
Data Format(s):
Shapefile
Shapefile
Temporal Coverage:
  • 25 June 2002 to 12 July 2002
Temporal Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Resolution:
  • Not Specified
Spatial Reference System(s):
Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
  • N:
    42.73229
    S:
    41.69459
    E:
    -93.16104
    W:
    -93.84162
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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