AirMOSS: L1 S-0 Polarimetric Data from AirMOSS P-band SAR, Duke Forest, 2012-2015

Description

This data set provides level 1 (L1) polarimetric radar backscattering coefficient (sigma-0), multilook complex, polarimetrically calibrated, and georeferenced data products from the Airborne Microwave Observatory of Subcanopy and Subsurface (AirMOSS) radar instrument collected over the Duke Forest site in North Carolina. The AirMOSS radar is a P-band (UHF) fully polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (SAR) currently operating in the 420-440 MHz band designed to measure root-zone soil moisture (RZSM) and is flown on a NASA Gulfstream-III aircraft. Flight campaigns took place at least biannually from 2012 to 2015 at 10 study sites across North America. The acquired L1 P-band radar backscatter data will be used to retrieve the RZSM at the study sites. Subsequent analyses will investigate both seasonal and inter-annual variability in soil moisture and the relationships to carbon fluxes and their associated uncertainties on a continental scale.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login https://daac.ornl.gov/airmoss/campaign/AirMOSS_L1_Sigma0_DukeFr/
21 ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation https://daac.ornl.gov/AIRMOSS/guides/AirMOSS_L1_Sigma0_DukeFr.html
21 Data set Landing Page DOI URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1408
21 USE SERVICE API https://opendap.earthdata.nasa.gov/
34 Browse Image https://daac.ornl.gov/graphics/browse/sdat-tds/1408_1_fit.png
21 AirMOSS campaign site https://airmoss.ornl.gov
21 The THREDDS location for this Collection. https://thredds.daac.ornl.gov/thredds/catalog/ornldaac/1408/catalog.html
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F1408
33 AirMOSS_L1_Sigma0_DukeFr.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/airmoss/campaign/AirMOSS_L1_Sigma0_DukeFr/comp/AirMOSS_L1_Sigma0_DukeFr.pdf

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  • spectral-engineering
  • radar
  • earth-science

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