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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 Sort descending | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arctic Vegetation Plots ATLAS Project North Slope and Seward Peninsula, AK, 1998-2000 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION | LICOR PLANT CANOPY ANALYZER, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | 1998-07-01 to 2000-07-29 |
N: 71.3219 S: 64.7265 E: -153.74 W: -165.069 |
CSV | |
| Arctic Vegetation Plots for IBP Tundra Biome, Barrow, Alaska, 1972-2010 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SOIL SAMPLER | 1972-08-01 to 2010-08-01 |
N: 71.2997 S: 71.2882 E: -156.662 W: -156.711 |
CSV | |
| Arctic Vegetation Plots from Pingo Communities, North Slope, Alaska, 1984-1986 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | 1983-01-01 to 1983-12-31 |
N: 70.4996 S: 69.7116 E: -147.657 W: -149.949 |
CSV | |
| Arctic Vegetation Plots in Flux Tower Footprints, North Slope, Alaska, 2014 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION | SOIL SAMPLER, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | 2014-07-18 to 2014-07-31 |
N: 71.325 S: 68.4851 E: -155.747 W: -157.414 |
CSV | |
| Arctic Vegetation Plots in NPS Arctic Network Parks, Alaska, 2002-2008 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS | SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SOIL SAMPLER | 2002-07-10 to 2008-08-10 |
N: 68.4902 S: 65.2767 E: -150.839 W: -165.323 |
CSV | |
| Arctic Vegetation Plots in Willow Communities, North Slope, Alaska, 1997 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS | BALANCE, PH METERS | 1997-07-09 to 1997-08-17 |
N: 70.1878 S: 68.0331 E: -148.084 W: -149.851 |
CSV | |
| Arctic Vegetation Plots Legacy Project Barter Island and Point Barrow, Alaska, 1994 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SOIL SAMPLER | 1994-08-01 to 1994-08-11 |
N: 71.334 S: 70.1204 E: -143.597 W: -156.644 |
CSV | |
| Arctic Vegetation Plots on Unalaska Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 2007 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY | SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, CONDUCTIVITY METERS, AUTOANALYZER | 2007-08-03 to 2007-08-27 |
N: 53.9087 S: 53.84 E: -166.44 W: -166.518 |
CSV | |
| 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 |
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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