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Description

These lidar measurements were collected in April and August 2022 in the vicinity of Petersham, MA during the SMAPVEX19-22 campaign. This location was chosen due to its forested land cover, as SMAPVEX19-22 aims to validate satellite derived soil moisture estimates in forested areas. The two acquisition periods were selected to characterize differences during "leaf-off” and "leaf-on" conditions.

Version Description

Initial release.

Product Summary

Platforms
CESSNA T206H
Instruments
Leica CityMapper-2
Spatial Extent

N: 42.72 S: 42.32 E: -71.91 W: -72.33

Geographic Region
MASSACHUSETTS
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2022-04-02 to 2022-08-09
Concept ID
C3286116930-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
2578
Processing Level
NA
Published
Science Keywords
Lidar

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., Xu, X., & Yueh, S. (2023). SMAPVEX19-22 Massachusetts Airborne Lidar, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/Q06P5TZ8CBU5 Date Accessed: 2025-12-19

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