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Description

This data set includes several parameters that were obtained from field surveys as part of the Soil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment 2008 (SMAPVEX08).

Product Summary

Platforms
FIELD SURVEYS
Instruments
SOIL MOISTURE PROBE ,
TEMPERATURE PROBES
Spatial Extent

N: 39.09 S: 38.93 E: -75.55 W: -76.25

Spatial Resolution
0.8 Kilometers x 0.8 Kilometers
Geographic Region
MARYLAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2008-09-29 to 2008-10-13
Concept ID
C3281756061-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
2
Processing Level
Not provided
Science Keywords
Electrical Conductivity ,
Soil Moisture/Water Content ,
Soil Temperature

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Cosh, M., & Jackson, T. (2015). SMAPVEX08 In Situ Soil Moisture Data, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/C98E2L0ZTWO4 Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

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