Abstract: Early Results of the Soil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment in 2016 (SMAPVEX16)-Iowa. (ASA, CSSA and SSSA International Annual Meetings (2016))

204-3 Early Results of the Soil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment in 2016 (SMAPVEX16)-Iowa.

See more from this Division: SSSA Division: Soil Physics and Hydrology
See more from this Session: Remote Sensing of Land Surface and Vadose Zone Hydrologic Processes Oral

Tuesday, November 8, 2016: 8:35 AM

Phoenix Convention Center North, Room 131 A

Michael H. Cosh¹, Thomas Jackson², Andreas Colliander³, John H. Prueger⁴, Jerry L. Hatfield⁵, Brian K. Hornbuckle⁶, Jasmeet Judge⁷, Sidharth Misra³, Rajat Bindlish⁸, Steven Chan⁹, Witold Krajewski¹⁰, John Qu¹¹ and Trenton Franz¹², (1)10300 Baltimore Ave, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD
(2)Hydrology and Remote Sensing Lab, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD
(3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
(4)National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, Ames, IA
(5)USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, Ames, IA
(6)Iowa State University, Ames, IA
(7)University of Florida, P.O. Box 110570, FL
(8)USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD
(9)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
(10)University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
(11)George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
(12)University of Nebraska Lincoln, lincoln, NE

Abstract:

The Soil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment in 2016 Iowa (SMAPVEX16-IA) is a summer long experiment in Iowa to provide improved ground data for the calibration and validation of the Soil Moisture Active Passive Mission (SMAP). Beginning in May of 2016, temporary in situ networks were deployed and field samplers were dispatched in the South Fork Experimental Watershed to collect improved ground estimation of surface soil moisture as well as vadose zone estimates to compare to the permanent network which as been a core validation. A review of the experiment in Iowa and early results will be presented as compared to SMAP estimates.

See more from this Division: SSSA Division: Soil Physics and Hydrology
See more from this Session: Remote Sensing of Land Surface and Vadose Zone Hydrologic Processes Oral

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