H046
Earth System Science and Applications Based on NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Satellite Mission Measurements
Earth System Science and Applications Based on NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Satellite Mission Measurements
Session ID#: 158494
Session Description:
The NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite mission was launched in early 2015 and now its record of global L-band radiometry spans over seven years. The measurements are used to estimate surface soil volumetric water content, freeze/thaw state, and vegetation optical depth, which is proportional to vegetation water content. Over the oceans, the data are used to estimate sea surface salinity and high wind speeds. Over land the soil moisture and vegetation water content dynamics capture water exchange in the soil-vegetation-atmosphere continuum. Global fields of land water, energy and carbon budgets are diagnosed with the SMAP data products. This session includes presentations on the use of SMAP data in Earth System science. It also includes examples of data use in applications such as agricultural yield assessments, drought monitoring, wildfires hazards estimation and flood inundation mapping.
Co-Organized:
- A - Atmospheric Sciences
Index Terms:
1855 Remote sensing [HYDROLOGY]
1866 Soil moisture [HYDROLOGY]
3322 Land/atmosphere interactions [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3360 Remote sensing [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
Primary Convener: Dara Entekhabi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States
Conveners: Simon H Yueh, JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States, Rajat Bindlish, Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research, Greenbelt, United States, Jared Keith Entin, NASA HQ - SMD, Washington, DC, United States and Mark Garcia, JPL/CalTech, Pasadena, CA, United States
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