Development and validation of the SMAP enhanced passive soil moisture product

S. Chan; R. Bindlish; P. O'Neill; T. Jackson; J. Chaubell; J. Piepmeier; S. Dunbar; A. Colliander; F. Chen; D. Entekhabi; S. Yueh; M. Cosh; T. Caldwell; J. Walker; X. Wu; A. Berg; T. Rowlandson; A. Pacheco; H. McNairn; M. Thibeault; J. Martinez-Fernandez; A. Gonzalez-Zamora; E. Lopez-Baeza; F. Uldall; M. Seyfried; D. Bosch; P. Starks; C. Holifield Collins; J. Prueger; Z. Su; R. Van Der Velde; J. Asanuma; M. Palecki; E. Small; M. Zreda; J. C. Calvet; W. Crow; Y. Kerr

doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2017.8127512

Development and validation of the SMAP enhanced passive soil moisture product

S. Chan, R. Bindlish, P. O'Neill, T. Jackson, J. Chaubell, J. Piepmeier, S. Dunbar, A. Colliander, F. Chen, D. Entekhabi, S. Yueh, M. Cosh, T. Caldwell, J. Walker, X. Wu, A. Berg, T. Rowlandson, A. Pacheco, H. McNairn, M. ThibeaultJ. Martinez-Fernandez, A. Gonzalez-Zamora, E. Lopez-Baeza, F. Uldall, M. Seyfried, D. Bosch, P. Starks, C. Holifield Collins, J. Prueger, Z. Su, R. Van Der Velde, J. Asanuma, M. Palecki, E. Small, M. Zreda, J. C. Calvet, W. Crow, Y. Kerr

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Since the beginning of its routine science operation in March 2015, the NASA SMAP observatory has been returning interference-mitigated brightness temperature observations at L-band (1.41 GHz) frequency from space. The resulting data enable frequent global mapping of soil moisture with a retrieval uncertainty below 0.040 m³/m³ at a 36 km spatial scale. This paper describes the development and validation of an enhanced version of the current standard soil moisture product. Compared with the standard product that is posted on a 36 km grid, the new enhanced product is posted on a 9 km grid. Derived from the same time-ordered brightness temperature observations that feed the current standard passive soil moisture product, the enhanced passive soil moisture product leverages on the Backus-Gilbert optimal interpolation technique that more fully utilizes the additional information from the original radiometer observations to achieve global mapping of soil moisture with enhanced clarity. The resulting enhanced soil moisture product was assessed using long-term in situ soil moisture observations from core validation sites located in diverse biomes and was found to exhibit an average retrieval uncertainty below 0.040 m³/m³. As of December 2016, the enhanced soil moisture product has been made available to the public from the NASA Distributed Active Archive Center at the National Snow and Ice Data Center.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Subtitle of host publication	International Cooperation for Global Awareness, IGARSS 2017 - Proceedings
Publisher	IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	2539-2542
Number of pages	4
Volume	2017-July
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509049516
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2017.8127512
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2017
Event	IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2017 - Fort Worth, United States of America Duration: 23 Jul 2017 → 28 Jul 2017 Conference number: 37th https://www2.securecms.com/IGARSS2017/Default.asp https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/8118204/proceeding (Proceedings)

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Conference	IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2017
Abbreviated title	IGARSS 2017
Country/Territory	United States of America
City	Fort Worth
Period	23/07/17 → 28/07/17
Internet address	https://www2.securecms.com/IGARSS2017/Default.asp https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/8118204/proceeding (Proceedings)

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Chan, S., Bindlish, R., O'Neill, P., Jackson, T., Chaubell, J., Piepmeier, J., Dunbar, S., Colliander, A., Chen, F., Entekhabi, D., Yueh, S., Cosh, M., Caldwell, T., Walker, J., Wu, X., Berg, A., Rowlandson, T., Pacheco, A., McNairn, H., ... Kerr, Y. (2017). Development and validation of the SMAP enhanced passive soil moisture product. In 2017 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium: International Cooperation for Global Awareness, IGARSS 2017 - Proceedings (Vol. 2017-July, pp. 2539-2542). IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2017.8127512

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Development and validation of the SMAP enhanced passive soil moisture product. / Chan, S.; Bindlish, R.; O'Neill, P. et al.
2017 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium: International Cooperation for Global Awareness, IGARSS 2017 - Proceedings. Vol. 2017-July IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2017. p. 2539-2542.

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Chan S, Bindlish R, O'Neill P, Jackson T, Chaubell J, Piepmeier J et al. Development and validation of the SMAP enhanced passive soil moisture product. In 2017 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium: International Cooperation for Global Awareness, IGARSS 2017 - Proceedings. Vol. 2017-July. IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 2017. p. 2539-2542 doi: 10.1109/IGARSS.2017.8127512

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