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Description

This data set contains soil moisture data obtained by the Passive Active L-band System (PALS) aircraft instrument. The data were collected as part of SMAPVEX12, the Soil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment 2012.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
AIRCRAFT
Instruments
PALS
Projects
SMAP VAL
Spatial Extent

N: 49.96 S: 49.44 E: -97.85 W: -98.51

Spatial Resolution
1500 Meters x 1500 Meters
Location
CANADA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2012-06-12 to 2012-07-19
Temporal Resolution
Varies
Concept ID
C3284166541-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
15
Processing Level
Not provided
Published
Science Keywords
Brightness Temperature ,
Land Use/Land Cover Classification ,
Soil Classification ,
Soil Moisture/Water Content ,
Soil Temperature ,
Vegetation Water Content

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.

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Colliander, A. (2017). SMAPVEX12 PALS Soil Moisture Data, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/PGZVDAVFWVYQ Date Accessed: 2026-09-17

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Optical remote sensing indexes of soil moistureEvaluation and improvement based on aircraft experiment observations Sun, Hao, Liu, Hao, Ma, Yanhui, Xia, Qunbo Reflectance, Brightness Temperature, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Soil Classification, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Vegetation Water Content, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Soil Texture
A nomograph to incorporate geophysical heterogeneity in soil moisture downscaling Gaur, Nandita, Mohanty, Binayak P. Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Brightness Temperature, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Soil Classification, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Vegetation Water Content, Soil Texture
Spatial evaluation of soil moisture (SM), land surface temperature (LST), and LST-derived SM indexes dynamics during SMAPVEX12 Sun, Hao, Zhou, Baichi, Liu, Hongxing Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Characteristics, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Brightness Temperature, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Soil Classification, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Vegetation Water Content, Albedo, Anisotropy
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