The Scanning L-Band Active/Passive (SLAP) is an airborne remote sensor developed at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). SLAP is an airborne simulator for NASA’s Soil Moisture Active/Passive (SMAP) satellite and is used to retrieve measurements of soil moisture and soil freeze/thaw state. It consists of three separate instruments: a passive microwave radiometer, an active scatterometer, and a thermal infrared sensor for surface temperature measurements. The radiometer operates at the 1.4 GHz frequency, while the scatterometer operates in the 1.2-1.3 GHz range. SLAP has a footprint of 100x200 meters for a flight altitude of 300 meters.
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- Earth Science > Land Surface > Soils > Soil Moisture/water ContentEarth Science > Agriculture > Soils > Soil Moisture/water ContentEarth Science > Land Surface > Soils > Soil Salinity/soil SodicityEarth Science > Spectral/engineering > Microwave > Brightness TemperatureEarth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Radar BackscatterEarth Science > Agriculture > Soils > Soil Salinity/soil Sodicity
- Land Surface
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- 100x200m
- 1.4 GHz, 1.2-1.3 GHz
- https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2016.7729068
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Edward Kim
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