GPM Ground Validation USDA ARS Soil Moisture IFloodS V1

Description

The GPM Ground Validation United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Soil Moisture IFloodS dataset was collected during the Iowa Flood Studies (IFloodS) ground measurement campaign from April 17, 2013 to June 4, 2013. The goals of the campaign were to collect detailed measurements of precipitation at the Earth’s surface using ground instruments and advanced weather radars and to simultaneously collect data from satellites passing overhead. A total of 15 stations were deployed near the South Fork River in North Central Iowa. The soil moisture probes measure hourly instantaneous measurements of the real dielectric permittivity, soil temperature, bulk electrical conductivity, and volumetric soil moisture. This dataset also consists of precipitation amount, air temperature, relative humidity, vapor pressure, wind speed, wind direction, and solar radiation measurements. The data files are available in ASCII-csv and Excel file formats.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 IFloodS Field Campaign Collection DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/DATA101
33 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/ifloods/ARS_soil_moisture/doc/gpmarsifld_dataset.pdf
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FGPMGV%2FIFLOODS%2FPROBES%2FDATA301
21 Local random errors in tipping-bucket rain gauge measurements https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(2003)20%3C752:LREITB%3E2.0.CO;2
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=gpmarsifld
21 Soil Moisture Model Calibration and Validation: An ARS Watershed on the South Fork Iowa River https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-14-0145.1

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  • precipitation
  • soils
  • agriculture
  • atmosphere
  • earth-science

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