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 Access and Tools
Soil Moisture/Water Content Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arctic Vegetation Plots, Poplars, Arctic and Interior AK and YT, Canada, 2003-2005 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | 2003-06-18 to 2005-08-17 |
N: 69.4718 S: 61.076 E: -135.222 W: -162.741 |
CSV | |
| Biome-BGC: Modeling Effects of Disturbance and Climate (Thornton et al. 2002) | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 2002-12-02 to 2002-12-02 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
multiple | |
| Biome-BGC: Terrestrial Ecosystem Process Model, Version 4.1.1 | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 2000-07-05 to 2000-07-05 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
multiple | |
| BOREAS AFM-08 ECMWF Hourly Surface and Upper Air Data for the SSA and NSA | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1994-05-13 to 1997-03-31 |
N: 62 S: 48 E: -92 W: -114 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS HYD-01 Under Canopy Precipitation Data | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | RAIN GAUGES | 1994-05-23 to 1997-06-24 |
N: 55.93 S: 53.88 E: -98.29 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS HYD-01 Volumetric Soil Moisture Data | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | NEUTRON PROBE, TDR | 1994-05-25 to 1997-06-26 |
N: 55.93 S: 53.66 E: -98.29 W: -105.32 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS HYD-06 Aircraft Gamma Ray Soil Moisture | 1 | AC-500S | GAMMA RADIATION DETECTOR | 1993-08-01 to 1994-09-10 |
N: 55.94 S: 53.37 E: -98.26 W: -106.29 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS HYD-06 Ground Gravimetric Soil Moisture Data | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | BALANCE, CORING DEVICES, SNOW TUBE | 1993-09-08 to 1994-09-05 |
N: 57 S: 53.38 E: -98.23 W: -106.33 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS HYD-06 Moss/Humus Moisture Data | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | SNOW TUBE, BALANCE | 1993-09-09 to 1994-09-05 |
N: 55.94 S: 53.64 E: -98.23 W: -105.32 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS RSS-08 BIOME-BGC Model Simulations at Tower Flux Sites in 1994 | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31 |
N: 55.9 S: 53.63 E: -98.29 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TE-01 SSA Soil Lab Data | 1 | LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION | CARBON ANALYZERS, CONDUCTIVITY METERS, PH METERS, CORING DEVICES, BALANCE, AAS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | 1993-01-01 to 1994-12-31 |
N: 53.99 S: 53.63 E: -104.65 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TE-20 NSA Soil Lab Data | 1 | LABORATORY | PH METERS, AAS, SOIL PRESSURE PLATE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, BALANCE, CORING DEVICES | 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31 |
N: 55.93 S: 55.88 E: -98.29 W: -98.67 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-01 SSA-OA Soil Characteristics Data | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, PHOTOSYNTHESIS CHAMBER, THERMOCOUPLES, TDR, BALANCE, GC-TCD | 1994-02-02 to 1994-11-26 |
N: 53.63 S: 53.63 E: -106.2 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-01 SSA-OA Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SONIC ANEMOMETER, TDR, THERMOCOUPLES, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, IRGA, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, BAROMETERS | 1996-02-02 to 1996-12-31 |
N: 53.63 S: 53.63 E: -106.2 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-01 SSA-OA Understory Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, ANEMOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, THERMOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, SONIC ANEMOMETER, IRGA, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, NET RADIOMETERS | 1993-10-12 to 1994-12-31 |
N: 53.63 S: 53.63 E: -106.2 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-04 CO2 and CH4 Soil Profile Data from the SSA | 1 | LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION | BALANCE, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, MASS SPECTROMETERS, IR CO2 ANALYZER, THERMOMETERS | 1994-05-26 to 1995-03-21 |
N: 53.92 S: 53.88 E: -104.65 W: -104.69 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-08 NSA-OJP Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | HYGROMETERS, IRGA, NET RADIOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, PYRHELIOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SONIC ANEMOMETER, TEMPERATURE PROBES, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, BAROMETERS, ANEMOMETERS | 1994-05-24 to 1996-11-12 |
N: 55.93 S: 55.93 E: -98.62 W: -98.62 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TGB-01/TGB-03 Water Table and Peat Temperature Data over the NSA | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | WATER LEVEL GAUGES, THERMOCOUPLES | 1994-05-26 to 1996-10-23 |
N: 55.92 S: 55.92 E: -98.42 W: -98.42 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TGB-12 Soil Carbon Data: NSA | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY | THERMOMETERS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, THERMISTORS, CHN ANALYZERS, BALANCE, MASS SPECTROMETERS | 1993-08-01 to 1996-07-21 |
N: 55.93 S: 55.07 E: -97.7 W: -98.95 |
ASCII | |
| Bowen Ratio Surface Flux: GSFC (FIFE) | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | THERMOCOUPLES, Bowen Ratio Devices, HYGROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, NET RADIOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS | 1987-05-26 to 1987-10-16 |
N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61 |
multiple | |
| Bowen Ratio Surface Flux: KSU (FIFE) | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | THERMOCOUPLES, Bowen Ratio Devices, HYGROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, NET RADIOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS | 1987-05-29 to 1989-08-13 |
N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61 |
CSV | |
| Bowen Ratio Surface Flux: Smith (FIFE) | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | THERMOCOUPLES, BAROMETERS, Bowen Ratio Devices, HYGROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, ANEMOMETERS | 1987-05-27 to 1989-08-13 |
N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61 |
multiple | |
| Burned and Unburned Field Site Data, Noatak, Seward, and North Slope, AK, 2016-2018 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS | SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, THERMOMETERS | 2016-07-22 to 2018-08-27 |
N: 69.6632 S: 65.0181 E: -148.641 W: -164.929 |
multiple | |
| CARDAMOM Carbon-Water-Energy Reanalysis v1100.1, 2001-2021 | 1 | GOSAT, OCO-2, MODELS, Terra, Aqua | TANSO-FTS-2, OCO SPECTROMETERS, Computer, MODIS | 2001-01-01 to 2021-12-31 |
N: 82 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180 |
multiple | |
| CLASIC07 In Situ Soil Moisture Data V001 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS | SOIL SAMPLER, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE | 2007-06-07 to 2007-07-07 |
N: 35.21 S: 34.91 E: -97.95 W: -98.59 |
0.8 Kilometers x 0.8 Kilometers | ASCII |
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.
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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