AirMOSS: L1 S-0 Polarimetric Data from AirMOSS P-band SAR, Tonzi Ranch, 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 Tonzi Ranch site in California. 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 ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation https://daac.ornl.gov/AIRMOSS/guides/AirMOSS_L1_Sigma0_TonziR.html
21 Data set Landing Page DOI URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1414
33 AirMOSS: L1 S-0 Polarimetric Data from AirMOSS P-band SAR, Tonzi Ranch, 2012-2015: AirMOSS_L1_Sigma0_TonziR.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/airmoss/campaign/AirMOSS_L1_Sigma0_TonziR/comp/AirMOSS_L1_Sigma0_TonziR.pdf
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F1414
21 This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login https://daac.ornl.gov/airmoss/campaign/AirMOSS_L1_Sigma0_TonziR/
21 USE SERVICE API https://opendap.earthdata.nasa.gov/
34 Browse Image https://daac.ornl.gov/graphics/browse/sdat-tds/1414_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/1414/catalog.html

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  • spectral-engineering
  • radar
  • earth-science

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