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Description

This data set contains soil moisture data derived from the brightness temperatures measured by the Passive Active L-band System (PALS) microwave aircraft instrument. The data were collected as part of the Soil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment 2015 (SMAPVEX15).

Product Summary

Platforms
AIRCRAFT
Instruments
PALS
Spatial Extent

N: 31.87 S: 31.51 E: -109.84 W: -110.96

Spatial Resolution
1500 Meters x 1500 Meters
Geographic Region
ARIZONA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2015-08-02 to 2015-08-18
Concept ID
C3284237132-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
7
Processing Level
Not provided
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.

Copy Citation

Colliander, A., Misra, S., & Cosh, M. (2022). SMAPVEX15 PALS Soil Moisture Data, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/SUCCVWOBL6RQ Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

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