Permafrost Data Access and Tools

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Featured Permafrost Observation Method: SMAP

The Soil Moisture Active-Passive (SMAP) platform measures surface soil moisture and freeze-thaw state. These direct measurements can be analyzed to learn more about permafrost distributions.

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SMAP L-Band Radiometer Near Real-Time Data

Near real-time soil moisture data from the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) L-Band Radiometer instrument are available through Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for Earth observation (LANCE).

SMAP's rotating golden antenna functions like a satellite dish to focus radio waves from Earth's surface into a collector on the spacecraft

Rounding up Data with a Golden Lasso: Getting Soil Moisture Data from SMAP to DAAC

NASA's SMAP team turns raw satellite data into more than a dozen data products for data users around the world.

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Two Sensors are Greater than One: Observing Drought with SMAP and MODIS

Remote sensing data's drought-indicating parameters are essential to manage the impact of water scarcities and minimize drought losses.

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Don't Pass the Salt! NASA's Salinity Mission Continues with SMAP

This webinar will compare sea surface salinity data collected by the Aquarius and SMAP missions. We will showcase data visualization and data access tools available through NASA's Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center.

Permafrost Datasets

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Dataset	Platforms	Instruments	Temporal Extent	Location Keywords	Spatial Extent	Data Format
A Concise Experiment Plan for the Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment	FIELD INVESTIGATION	Computer	2014-01-01 to 2021-12-31	ARCTIC, CANADA, ALASKA	N: 81.6086 S: 39.415 E: -66.9178 W: -176.125	PDF
ABoVE: Annual Thaw Slump Expansion on East Fork Chandalar River, Alaska, 2008-2017	LANDSAT	DIGITIZER	2008-08-23 to 2017-09-17	ALASKA	N: 67.635 S: 67.6326 E: -146.058 W: -146.067	Shapefile
ABoVE: Permafrost Measurements and Distribution Across the Y-K Delta, Alaska, 2016	IKONOS, FIELD SURVEYS, Airplane	Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope, SOIL DEPTH PROBE, LIDAR	2009-06-27 to 2016-07-17		N: 61.2881 S: 61.1694 E: -165.03 W: -165.69	multiple
ALOS PALSAR High Resolution Radiometric Terrain Corrected Product	ALOS	PALSAR	2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22		N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
ALOS PALSAR Level 1.0 Product	ALOS	PALSAR	2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22		N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
ALOS PALSAR Level 1.1 Product	ALOS	PALSAR	2006-01-23 to 2011-05-23		N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
ALOS PALSAR Level 1.5 Product	ALOS	PALSAR	2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22		N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
ALOS PALSAR Low Resolution Radiometric Terrain Corrected Product	ALOS	PALSAR	2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22		N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
ALOS_PALSAR_KMZ	ALOS	PALSAR	2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22		N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
ALOS_PALSAR_LEVEL2.2	ALOS	PALSAR	2006-01-23 to 2011-05-23		N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

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