Title :
Fostering applications opportunities for the NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Mission
Author :
Moran, M. Susan ; O´Neill, Peggy E. ; Entekhabi, Dara ; Njoku, Eni G. ; Kellogg, Kent H.
Author_Institution :
USDA/ARS Southwest Watershed Res. Center, Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
The NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Mission will provide global observations of soil moisture and freeze/thaw state from space. We outline how priority applications contributed to the SMAP mission measurement requirements and how the SMAP mission plans to foster applications and applied science.
Keywords :
hydrological techniques; moisture; remote sensing; soil; NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive Mission; SMAP; applications opportunities; freeze state; thaw state; Accuracy; Carbon; Data models; NASA; Soil moisture; Weather forecasting; Earth land surface; Soil moisture; applied science; freeze/thaw;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9565-8
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5652647