SMAPVEX16 Iowa Temporary Network Soil Moisture and Temperature, Version 1
Data set id:
SV16I_TNET
DOI: 10.5067/CP6MNQ7I7ZRC
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
First public data release
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Overview

These data consist of soil moisture and temperature measurements recorded by the temporary soil moisture network deployed to SMAPVEX16-Iowa for the summer season of 2016. The sites were spread out over an experiment domain of about 30km by 40 km located about 30 km north of Ames, Iowa, USA. The data file contains the soil moisture and temperature measurements for each station located at the site.
Parameter(s):
SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENTSOIL TEMPERATURE
Platform(s):
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Sensor(s):
SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE
Data Format(s):
CSV
Temporal Coverage:
18 May 2016 to 17 August 2016
Temporal Resolution:
  • 1 hour
Spatial Resolution:
  • not applicable
  • not applicable
Spatial Reference System(s):
WGS 84
EPSG:4326

WGS 84 / UTM zone 16N
EPSG:32616
Spatial Coverage:
N:
42.64
S:
42.29
E:
-93.22
W:
-93.57
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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