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    • SMEX02 Iowa Regional Ground Soil Moisture Data, Version 1

    Metadata Updated: September 18, 2025

    These data were collected as part of a validation study for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E). Data were collected in crop fields using a variety of methods and sensors: manual soil samples for gravimetric and bulk density data, infrared pyrometers for soil moisture, and hydra probes for soil moisture and temperature.

    Access & Use Information

    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 September 18, 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 September 18, 2025
    Publisher NASA NSIDC DAAC;NSIDC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/602254K8XDBX
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-11
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 84b6b65b-2ebd-423e-8471-1a1980101481
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://daacdata.apps.nsidc.org/pub/DATASETS/AVDM/data/soil_moisture/SMEX02/ground_soil_moisture/regional_GSM/
    Old Spatial "CARTESIAN",{"WestBoundingCoordinate":-93.8,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":42.7,"EastBoundingCoordinate":-93.2,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":41.7}
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 974b653cddd0d8a2e76da4db0e57d836b448d84d969e5b9a6ada680b9d599003
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2002-06-25/2002-06-25

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