403 Remote Sensing of Soil Water: Soil Moisture Active Passive and Beyond

Oral Session
SSSA Division: Soil Physics and Hydrology
This session will highlight forthcoming NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite products, applications, and on-ground activities related to large-scale soil moisture efforts. Furthermore, we seek contributions that support remotely sensed soil moisture research from soil moisture networks and airborne field campaigns to data assimilation and modeling efforts.

Approved for 2.5 SW CEUs.

Wednesday, November 18, 2015: 1:45 PM-4:30 PM
Minneapolis Convention Center, L100 F

Organizers:
Markus Flury , Todd G. Caldwell , Narendra Das , Michael H. Cosh and Binayak P. Mohanty
Moderators:
Todd G. Caldwell , Narendra Das , Michael H. Cosh and Binayak P. Mohanty
1:45 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:50 PM
High Resolution Soil Moisture Observations from the SMAP Mission.
Narendra Das, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; Dara Entekhabi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Simon H Yueh, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; Andreas Colliander, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; Todd G. Caldwell, University of Texas-Austin
2:05 PM
SMAP L2/L3 Soil Moisture Product Validation Using in Situ Based Core Validation Sites.
Andreas Colliander, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; Thomas Jackson, USDA-ARS; Narendra Das, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; Seungbum Kim, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; Rajat Bindlish, USDA-ARS; Michael H. Cosh, USDA-ARS; Todd G. Caldwell, University of Texas-Austin; Aaron Berg, University of Guelph; Tracy Rowlandson, University of Guelph; Kelly Caylor, Princeton University; Hala K AlJassar, Kuwait University; Ernesto Lopez-Baeza, University of Valencia; Jose Martinez Fernandez, Universidad de Salamanca; Ángel González-Zamora, Universidad de Salamanca; Heather McNairn, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Anna Pacheco, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Mahta Moghaddam, University of Southern California; Carsten Montzka, Forschungszentrum Juelich; Claudia Notarnicola, EURAC; Georg Niedrist, EURAC; Thierry Pellarin, University of Grenoble Alpes, Domaine universitaire, BP 53; Jouni Pulliainen, Finnish Meteorological Institute; Kimmo Rautiainen, Finnish Meteorological Institute; Judith Ramos, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Mark S Seyfried, USDA-ARS; Zhongbo Su, University of Twente; Yijian Zeng, Univeristy of Twente; Rogier van der Velde, University of Twente; Marouane Temimi, NOAA CREST; Marc Thibeault, Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales; Mariette Vreugdenhil, Vienna University of Technology; Wouter Dorigo, Vienna University of Technology; Jeff Walker, Monash University; Xiaoling Wu, Monash University; Michael Spencer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; Peggy O'Neill, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Dara Entekhabi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Simon H Yueh, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; Eni Njoku, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
2:20 PM
Initial Validation of the Soil Moisture Active Passive Mission Using USDA-ARS Watersheds.
Michael H. Cosh, USDA-ARS; Thomas Jackson, USDA-ARS; Rajat Bindlish, USDA-ARS; Andreas Colliander, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; Lynn McKee, USDA-ARS; Patrick Starks, USDA-ARS; Mark S Seyfried, USDA-ARS; John H. Prueger, National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment; Stanley Livingston, USDA-ARS, National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory; Dave Goodrich, USDA-ARS; David D. Bosch, USDA-ARS; Evan Coopersmith, USDA-ARS; Brian K. Hornbuckle, Iowa State University; Steven Chan, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Seungbum Kim, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; Narendra Das, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Simon H Yueh, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
2:35 PM
Global Sensitivity Analysis of Radiative Transfer Model.
Binayak P. Mohanty, Texas A&M University; Maheshwari Neelam, Texas A&M University
2:50 PM
A Physically-Based Model for Optical Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture.
Morteza Sadeghi, Utah State University; Scott B. Jones, Utah State University
3:05 PM
Break
3:15 PM
Investigating the Impact of Soil Texture on Satellite Retrieved Soil Moisture.
Victoria A. Walker, Iowa State University; Brian K. Hornbuckle, Iowa State University; Michael H. Cosh, USDA-ARS; David James, USDA/ARS
3:45 PM
An Approach to Revealing Meso-Scale Spatial Patterns of Soil Moisture.
Jingnuo Dong, Oklahoma State University; Jason Patton, Oklahoma State University; Tyson E. Ochsner, Oklahoma State University
4:15 PM
Soil Moisture Network Assessment Using the Passive and Active L- and S-Band System in Texas.
Todd G. Caldwell, University of Texas-Austin; Andreas Colliander, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; Sidharth Misra, California Institute of Technology; Charles Abolt, University of Texas at Austin; Simon H Yueh, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; Michael H. Young, University of Texas at Austin
4:30 PM
Adjourn