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Description

This data set contains in situ gravimetric and volumetric soil moisture, bulk density, and soil temperature measurements collected for the Soil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment 2015 (SMAPVEX15). Sampling was performed at field sites approximately 1 m apart.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
FIELD SURVEYS ,
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Instruments
SOIL SAMPLER ,
SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE ,
SOIL MOISTURE PROBE
Projects
SMAPVEX15 ,
SMAP VAL
Spatial Extent

N: 31.92451 S: 31.34352 E: -110.04833 W: -110.26399

Spatial Resolution
1 Meters x 1 Meters
Spatial Reference System(s)
WGS 84 / UTM zone 12N (EPSG:32612)
Location
ARIZONA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2015-08-02 to 2015-08-18
Temporal Resolution
Varies
Concept ID
C3284237139-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
2
Processing Level
NA
Published
Science Keywords
Soil Bulk Density ,
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. (2018). SMAPVEX15 Probe-Based In Situ Soil Moisture Data, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/QTDS3ZGQNM95 Date Accessed: 2026-10-13

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Low-Rank Gap Filling and Downscaling for SMAP Soil Moisture Datasets
  • Beale, Kevin, Bras, Rafael L., Romberg, Justin
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