NDLI: The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) applications activity

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Author	Brown, M.E. Moran, S. Escobar, V. Entekhabi, D. O'Neill, P. Njoku, E.
Copyright Year	2011
Description	Author affiliation: Sigma Space/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA (Escobar, V.) \|\| NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA (Njoku, E.) \|\| USDA Southwest Watershed Research Center, 2000 E. Allen Rd., Tucson, Az. 85719, USA (Moran, S.) \|\| NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA (Brown, M.E.; O'Neill, P.) \|\| Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 15 Vassar Street, Cambridge, 02139 USA (Entekhabi, D.)
Abstract	The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission is one of the first-tier satellite missions recommended by the U.S. National Research Council Committee on Earth Science and Applications from Space. The SMAP mission $^{1}$ is under development by NASA and is scheduled for launch late in 2014. The SMAP measurements will allow global and high-resolution mapping of soil moisture and its freeze/thaw state at resolutions from 3–40 km. These measurements will have high value for a wide range of environmental applications that underpin many weather-related decisions including drought and flood guidance, agricultural productivity estimation, weather forecasting, climate predictions, and human health risk. In 2007, NASA was tasked by The National Academies to ensure that “emerging scientific knowledge is actively applied to obtain societal benefits” by broadening community participation and improving means for use of information. SMAP is one of the first missions to come out of this new charge, and its Applications Plan forms the basis for ensuring its commitment to its users. The purpose of this paper is to outline the methods and approaches of the SMAP applications activity, which is designed to increase and sustain the interaction between users and scientists involved in mission development.
Starting Page	2306
Ending Page	2309
File Size	381956
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781457710032
ISSN	21537003
e-ISBN	9781457710056
DOI	10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049670
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2011-07-24
Publisher Place	Canada
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	SMAP mission NASA Radar Meteorology Communities Soil measurements weather Soil moisture freeze/thaw applications
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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