Gallery: Soil Moisture
Monthly soil moisture map images, produced from Aquarius science products (V5) and generated
by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Aquarius Data Processing System, are available here. These were derived from Aquarius' L-band
horizontally polarized, brightness temperature observations, which provide higher sensitivity to soil moisture compared to vertically
polarized observations, according to Principal Investigators Rajat Bindlish and
Thomas Jackson, US Department of Agriculture. Click on the images (below) for a closer view.
Original images are available here.
In these maps, reds show more arid conditions and blues show wetter soil conditions. Color coding reflects volumetric fraction of soil moisture, a measure of the amount of water per unit of soil. Those interested in obtaining or using single orbit, daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal or annual data should visit the National Snow and Ice Data Center's Aquarius Soil Moisture Data page.
In these maps, reds show more arid conditions and blues show wetter soil conditions. Color coding reflects volumetric fraction of soil moisture, a measure of the amount of water per unit of soil. Those interested in obtaining or using single orbit, daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal or annual data should visit the National Snow and Ice Data Center's Aquarius Soil Moisture Data page.
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 February 2014 |  January 2014 |  December 2013 |  November 2013 | |||
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 February 2013 |  January 2013 |  December 2012 |  November 2012 | |||
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 February 2012 |  January 2012 |  December 2011 |  November 2011 | |||
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Publications
Bindlish, R. and T. Jackson. 2013. Aquarius Level-3 Gridded 1-Degree Monthly Soil Moisture, Version 2. Boulder, Colorado USA: NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center. 