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flux in boreal landscapes; and 4) develop improved flood-prediction and drought-mo
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SMAP At Work - NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive Satellite
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In-depth information about NASA's upcoming SMAP mission can be found on the Alaska Satellite Facility's website at: https://asf.alaska.edu/smap/
The Alaska Satellite Facility is part of the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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NASA's SMAP satellite will measure global soil moisture every three days for three years--including soil's freeze-thaw state. These measurements will be used to:
1) further understanding of processes that link the water, energy, and carbon cycles;
2) enhance weather and climate prediction models;
3) quantify net carbon flux in boreal landscapes; and
4) develop improved flood-prediction and drought-monitoring capabilities.
Observatory: The SMAP spacecraft features an instrument suite deployed by an expendable launch vehicle into a 680-km, near-polar, sun-synchronous orbit, with equator crossings at 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. local time. SMAP provides global coverage within three days at the equator and two days at boreal latitudes.
Instrument: The instrument includes a radiometer and a synthetic aperture radar (SAR), operating at L-band (1.20-1.41 GHz), that measure surface emission and backscatter, sensing soil conditions through moderate vegetation cover.
Operations: SMAP science measurements will be acquired for three years. A comprehensive validation program will be carried out after launch to assess the accuracies of soil-moisture and freeze-thaw estimates. Data products from the SMAP mission will be made available through the Alaska Satellite Facility DAAC and the NSIDC DAAC.
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Produced by the Alaska Satellite Facility SAR DAAC
In cooperation with NASA / JPL
Additional material courtesy of Lucas A. Jones, John S. Kimball, Joseph Glassy (University of Montana); National Snow and Ice Data Center DAAC (NSIDC); Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center; International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme; Globaia; UN Foundation; Ubaldo Fernandez;
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