Canadian Experiment for Soil Moisture

The Campaign

The Canadian Experiment (CanEx) for Soil Moisture was a field investigation designed to collect measurements to validate the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) and Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite missions. CanEx had a primary deployment in June 2010 in Saskatchewan, Canada, with additional ground-based data collection in July. The National Research Council (NRC) Twin Otter was equipped with various radiometers, and NASA's G-III aircraft carried the Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) to collect microwave measurements of soil moisture, surface temperature, and surface characteristics for satellite validation. Ground measurements were taken at the Boreal Ecosystem Research and Monitoring Sites (BERMS) and in Kenaston, Saskatchewan. CanEx was funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Environment Canada, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), and NASA.

Additional Notes

Repositories

• data center outside NASA