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Description

These data consist of soil moisture and temperature measurements recorded by the temporary soil moisture network deployed to SMAPVEX16-Iowa for the summer season of 2016. The sites were spread out over an experiment domain of about 30km by 40 km located about 30 km north of Ames, Iowa, USA. The data file contains the soil moisture and temperature measurements for each station located at the site.

Product Summary

Platforms
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Instruments
SOIL MOISTURE PROBE ,
SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE
Spatial Extent

N: 42.64 S: 42.29 E: -93.22 W: -93.57

Geographic Region
DES MOINES
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2016-05-18 to 2016-08-17
Concept ID
C3284169811-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
1
Processing Level
NA
Science Keywords
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.

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Cosh, M. (2021). SMAPVEX16 Iowa Temporary Network Soil Moisture and Temperature, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/CP6MNQ7I7ZRC Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

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