Landscape freeze/thaw standerd and enhanced products from soil moisture active/passive (SMAP) radiometer data

Xiaolan Xu, Chris Derksen, R. Scott Dunbar, Andreas Colliander, John Kimball, Youngwook Kim

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Abstract

The baseline science objective of the NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission is to produce a daily landscape freeze/thaw state for the region north of 45° N latitude with a mean spatial classification accuracy of 80% and 2-3 day average intervals separated by AM and PM overpasses [1]. Following the loss of the SMAP radar in July 2015, radiometer inputs were used to develop a standard freeze/thaw product (L3-FT-P) with relaxed spatial resolution from 3km to 36km. A 9km gridded product (L3-FT-P-E) has been developed by applying enhanced resolution radiometer inputs to the same algorithm. This paper provides an overview of the algorithm development as well as the validation and calibration using in situ observations from both selected core sites and sparse ground station networks.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Subtitle of host publicationInternational Cooperation for Global Awareness, IGARSS 2017 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages2550-2553
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781509049516
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2017
Event37th Annual IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2017 - Fort Worth, United States
Duration: Jul 23 2017Jul 28 2017

Publication series

NameInternational Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Volume2017-July

Conference

Conference37th Annual IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityFort Worth
Period07/23/1707/28/17

Keywords

  • SMAP
  • freeze/thaw
  • radiometer

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