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

    Metadata Updated: October 23, 2025

    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 Harvard Forest site in Massachusetts. 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.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date October 23, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date October 23, 2025
    Publisher ORNL_DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1409
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-10
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Harvest Object Id 290ddfa8-c7ac-488b-a2ad-8f01cd2adc23
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=AirMOSS_L1_Sigma0_Harvrd_1409&ac=true
    Old Spatial {"WestBoundingCoordinate":-72.3881,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":43.5567,"EastBoundingCoordinate":-71.8456,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":42.18},"CARTESIAN"
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 7d18ebf017886ed9e3d6f9da7fa20bad724d06c621407f3c6c5082c2f7222a40
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2012-10-15/2012-10-15

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