Arrow leftBack to Explore

Soil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment

Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems, Climate Variability & Change

5
view all deployment dates
Deployments
5
Platforms
25
Data Products

The Campaign

The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Validation Experiment (SMAPVEX) was a series of calibration and validation field activities conducted before and after the launch of the SMAP satellite mission. SMAPVEX included five deployments from September 2008 to August 2022 at various locations in the United States and Canada. The Passive Active L- and S-band Sensor (PALS) and Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) collected airborne remote sensing data on land surface and soil moisture for satellite validation. Ground-based observations were also made using soil moisture and temperature sensors. SMAPVEX was funded by NASA's SMAP satellite mission.

SMAPVEX08, SMAPVEX12, SMAPVEX15, SMAPVEX16, SMAPVEX19-22, SMAPVEX22

2008-09-20 — 2022-08-09

United States, Canada, Iowa, Maryland, Arizona, Massachusetts, Manitoba
boreal fall, boreal spring, boreal summer

N: 51°N

S: 30°N

W: 111°W

E: 72°W

Additional Notes

SOIL MOISTURE
SOIL TEMPERATURE
SOIL
VEGETATION
LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE
LAND COVER
LAND USE
SATELLITE VALIDATION
SMAP
Slide 1 of 6

Events

5 Deployments
10 IOPs
200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023

Filter data products from this campaign by specific platforms, instruments, or formats.

Platforms
PLATFORMS
Instruments
INSTRUMENTS
Formats
FORMATS
10.5067/X2EF9ZKL0DGCExternal Link
10.5067/QB4JHGKXH16OExternal Link
Digital Camera
ASCII
10.5067/WA6QS88P2AP5External Link
10.5067/3ELRJAUL0A4GExternal Link
10.5067/0OCZDB099FWRExternal Link
Digital Camera
Excel
10.5067/2ETTBINRTSKXExternal Link
10.5067/4FRNSHRF3TRYExternal Link
No related platforms, instruments or formats
10.5067/1A09OKL9G4QWExternal Link
10.5067/4C7MN0KJILTIExternal Link
No related platforms, instruments or formats
10.5067/9FOFYHLEZA7TExternal Link
10.5067/376D19WSS9VTExternal Link
10.5067/ZOBW4CNJZAW1External Link
10.5067/5694JSVXBA3AExternal Link
10.5067/1UCIETYP0PUOExternal Link
Digital Camera
ASCII
10.5067/C1FCK9A0317YExternal Link
10.5067/CPB005XLAIIGExternal Link
10.5067/4R2T2E348XG4External Link
No related platforms, instruments or formats
10.5067/US4X5QPYH6DBExternal Link
10.5067/C98E2L0ZTWO4External Link
10.5067/93BW6041HHO2External Link
No related platforms, instruments or formats
10.5067/50DIUMRHN5E1External Link
10.5067/QTDS3ZGQNM95External Link
NASA
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
Tom Jackson
Currently unavailable

NSIDC DAACExternal Link

Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable