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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 Datasets
| Dataset | Version Sort ascending | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land Surface Model (LSM 1.0) for Ecological, Hydrological, Atmospheric Studies | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1996-01-15 to 1996-01-15 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
multiple | |
| AirMOSS: L4 Modeled Volumetric Root Zone Soil Moisture, 2012-2015 | 1 | MODELS | Computer | 2012-09-21 to 2015-09-28 |
N: 54.1254 S: 19.1247 E: -68.1237 W: -123.283 |
netCDF-4 classic | |
| SMAPVEX12 PALS Soil Moisture Data V001 | 1 | AIRCRAFT | PALS | 2012-06-12 to 2012-07-19 |
N: 49.96 S: 49.44 E: -97.85 W: -98.51 |
1500 Meters x 1500 Meters | CSV |
| SMAPVEX15 PALS Soil Moisture Data V001 | 1 | AIRCRAFT | PALS | 2015-08-02 to 2015-08-18 |
N: 31.87 S: 31.51 E: -109.84 W: -110.96 |
1500 Meters x 1500 Meters | CSV |
| 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 | |
| Synthesis of Winter In Situ Soil CO2 Flux in pan-Arctic and Boreal Regions, 1989-2017 | 1 | 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 |
N: 78.917 S: 53.876 E: 161.992 W: -163.711 |
CSV | |
| ABoVE: Active Layer and Soil Moisture Properties from AirMOSS P-band SAR in Alaska | 1 | G-III, MODELS | RADAR, Computer | 2014-08-16 to 2017-10-10 |
N: 70.8774 S: 64.7127 E: -150.249 W: -167.944 |
netCDF-4 classic | |
| LBA-ECO ND-07 Trace Gas Fluxes Under Multiple Land Uses, Brazil: 1999-2004 | 1 | LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | CHEMILUMINESCENCE, CARBON ANALYZERS, BALANCE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, SPECTROPHOTOMETERS, IRGA, PHOTOMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, RADIOMETERS | 1999-09-09 to 2005-12-31 |
N: -15.2333 S: -16.3 E: -47.2506 W: -47.8506 |
CSV | |
| SnowEx20 Grand Mesa In Situ Dielectric Soil Moisture V001 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE | 2019-09-24 to 2020-06-03 |
N: 39.037 S: 39.004 E: -108.15 W: -108.22 |
CSV | |
| ABoVE: Post-Fire and Unburned Vegetation Community and Field Data, NWT, Canada, 2017 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE | 2015-07-13 to 2017-08-10 |
N: 62.5827 S: 60.5236 E: -111.367 W: -117.379 |
multiple |
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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.
9 MIN READ
Feature article describing NASA's SMAP mission and the roles that ASF DAAC will play with distributing the SAR 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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