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Soil Moisture/Water Content Data Access and Tools
NASA has soil moisture and water content datasets that help researchers characterize the condition of soil around the world. Access a range of data and data tools such as the Soil Moisture Visualizer, Crop Condition and Soil Moisture Analytics (Crop-CASMA), and AppEEARS to make the most of soil moisture data.
Soil Moisture/Water Content Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vertex | Vertex is a graphical search interface for finding synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. | Search and Discovery, Access, Downloading, Processing, Subsetting |
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Featured Observation Method: SMAP
The Soil Moisture Active-Passive (SMAP) platform is a satellite that measures the surface moisture and freeze-thaw state of soil around the world approximately every three days. SMAP data contributes to understanding regional water cycles, ecosystem productivity, and natural processes involving water, energy, and carbon. SMAP's high-resolution data are helpful for weather, flood, and drought forecasting, and predicting agricultural productivity.
GIBS now has Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) layers available for soil moisture and temperature, snow mass, heterotrophic respiration, and more.
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.
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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Feature article describing NASA's SMAP mission and the roles that ASF DAAC will play with distributing the SAR data.
Soil Moisture/Water Content Datasets
| Dataset | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Location Keywords | Spatial Extent | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soil Moisture Profiles and Temperature Data from SoilSCAPE Sites, USA | FIELD INVESTIGATION | 2011-08-03 to 2019-12-14 | N: 42.299 S: 31.7355 E: -83.663 W: -120.99 | netCDF-4 | ||
| Soil Moisture Profiles and Temperature Data from SoilSCAPE Sites, Version 2 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | SOIL DEPTH PROBE, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE | 2021-12-03 to 2023-02-03 | NEW ZEALAND, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | N: 37.1954 S: -36.7161 E: 174.616 W: -110.053 | netCDF-4 |
| Soil Moisture Release Data (FIFE) | FIELD INVESTIGATION | SOIL PRESSURE PLATE | 1989-10-31 to 1989-10-31 | N: 39.09 S: 39.05 E: -96.47 W: -96.6 | multiple | |
| Soil Moisture Transect Data (FIFE) | FIELD INVESTIGATION | CORING DEVICES, BALANCE | 1985-06-13 to 1987-10-15 | N: 39.08 S: 39.05 E: -96.54 W: -96.57 | multiple | |
| Soil Thermal Conductivity Data (FIFE) | LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION | BALANCE, SOIL HEAT PROBE | 1987-10-18 to 1987-10-18 | N: 39.12 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61 | multiple | |
| Soil Water Prop. Derived Data (FIFE) | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1989-10-31 to 1989-10-31 | N: 39.09 S: 39.05 E: -96.47 W: -96.6 | multiple | |
| Synthesis of Winter In Situ Soil CO2 Flux in pan-Arctic and Boreal Regions, 1989-2017 | SATELLITES, FIELD SURVEYS, MERRA-2, ADEOS-II | MODIS, CO2 ANALYZERS, TEMPERATURE LOGGERS, THERMOMETERS, IR CO2 ANALYZER, LICOR SOIL GAS CHAMBER, SOIL SAMPLER, Computer, AMSR | 1989-09-01 to 2017-04-30 | CANADA, ALASKA, ARCTIC | N: 78.917 S: 53.876 E: 161.992 W: -163.711 | CSV |
| The ABCflux Database: Arctic-Boreal CO2 Flux and Site Environmental Data, 1989-2020 | MODELS, FIELD SURVEYS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | Computer, PROBES, THERMOMETERS, GAS SENSORS | 1989-12-01 to 2020-09-30 | RUSSIAN FEDERATION, NORWAY, CANADA, ICELAND, SWEDEN | N: 82.8225 S: 48.2167 E: 161.55 W: -165.62 | CSV |
| VEMAP 1: U.S. Soil | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1961-01-01 to 1990-12-31 | N: 49 S: 25 E: -67 W: -124.5 | Text File |
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