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Field data from the Soil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment 2015 (SMAPVEX15) validation campaign are now available at the National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC).
The new data set is the first of many for the SMAPVEX15 campaign and contains brightness temperatures obtained by the Passive Active L-band System (PALS) aircraft instrument. Visit the product page for details:
SMAPVEX15 PALS Brightness Temperature Data, Version 1
Data set DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/50DIUMRHN5E1
To access all SMAP validation data and documentation, see the SMAP Validation Data Web page.
