Instrument

AirMOSS
AirMOSS Radar

The AirMOSS radar is an adaption of JPL’s UAVSAR L-band radar. The AirMOSS radar is a P-band version of UAVSAR designed by JPL. The AirMOSS radar makes observations of root-zone soil moisture up to 1.2m below the land surface. It flies on the G-III aircraft.

NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Overview

Instrument Details

Measurement Type

Radar

Measurement/Variables

Earth Science > Land Surface > Soils > Soil Moisture/water Content

Earth Science > Agriculture > Soils > Soil Moisture/water Content

Earth Science > Climate Indicators > Land Surface/agriculture Indicators > Soil Moisture

Vertical Measurement Regions

Subsurface - Land, Land Surface

Temporal Resolution

40μs

Spatial Resolution

250kha

Measurement Frequency

280-440 MHz

Calibration Details

https://trs.jpl.nasa.gov/bitstream/handle/2014/43534/11-5404_A1b.pdf?sequence=1

Online Information

Lead Investigator
Yunling Lou
Technical Contact
Yunling Lou
Instrument Maker
JPL
Funding Source
EVS-1
Overview Publications
Currently unavailable
Repository
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAAC (ORNL)

Instrument Operation

Platform

Campaigns, where the platform was used with this instrument

G-III

Gulfstream III

8 Campaigns · 7 Instruments

AirMOSS

Airborne Microwave Observatory of Subcanopy and Subsurface

2012—2015

North America

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Deployment Dates

Start Date	End Date
2013-05-28	2013-06-07
2013-07-06	2013-07-14
2013-08-18	2013-08-27
2013-04-11	2013-04-19
2014-04-14	2014-04-25
2014-06-26	2014-07-07
2014-08-07	2014-08-14
2015-02-17	2015-02-25
2015-08-19	2015-08-27
2015-06-29	2015-07-06
2012-10-23	2012-10-30
2013-06-10	2013-06-21
2013-07-26	2013-08-03
2014-03-24	2014-04-02
2013-02-19	2013-02-25
2014-07-08	2014-07-19
2014-10-14	2014-10-23
2015-05-20	2015-05-24
2015-09-01	2015-09-10
2015-09-22	2015-09-29
2014-05-27	2014-06-04
2012-09-18	2012-09-20
2012-10-02	2012-10-11
2012-10-12	2012-10-22
2013-04-20	2013-05-01
2013-07-15	2013-07-25
2013-09-27	2013-09-30
2013-11-19	2013-11-21
2014-06-06	2014-06-16
2014-08-18	2014-08-27
2014-09-28	2014-10-08
2015-04-15	2015-04-24
2015-08-07	2015-08-18
2015-04-03	2015-04-14

· 19 Data Products

Data Products

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Campaigns

Platforms

AirMOSS: L1 S-0 Polarimetric Data from AirMOSS P-band SAR, BERMS, Canada, 2012-201510.3334/ORNLDAAC/1406

CampaignsAirborne Microwave Observatory of Subcanopy and Subsurface

AirMOSSAirMOSS Radar

Overview

Instrument Details

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Data Products

AirMOSS
AirMOSS Radar