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Description

These data consist of calibrated soil moisture sensor measurements recorded by manual sampling teams at the field sites of SMAPVEX16-Iowa during two intensive observation periods in June and August of 2016. The sites were located throughout an experiment domain of about 30 km by 40 km approximately 30 km north of Ames, Iowa.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

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

N: 42.64 S: 42.39 E: -93.19 W: -93.57

Geographic Region
DAVENPORT
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2016-05-31 to 2016-08-05
Concept ID
C3284169907-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
3
Processing Level
NA
Published
Science Keywords
Soil Moisture/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

Cosh, M. (2021). SMAPVEX16 Iowa Manual ThetaProbe Soil Moisture, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/QUZD7OEEVRFZ Date Accessed: 2025-12-19

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