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