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Instrument

PBMR
Push Broom Microwave Radiometer

The Push Broom Microwave Radiometer (PBMR) was developed by NASA's Langley Research Center. It operates at a frequency of 1.413 and has a total coverage 1.2 times the aircraft altitude. PBMR uses passive remote microwave sensing technique to measure soil moisture.

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

Spectrometer/Radiometer
Earth Science > Land Surface > Soils > Soil Moisture/water Content
Earth Science > Land Surface > Soils > Soil Moisture/water Content > Surface Soil Moisture
Land Surface
0.5 s
1.2 times the altitude
1.413 GHz
Currently unavailble

  • R.F. Harrington, R.W. Lawrence

  • R.F. Harrington, R.W. Lawrence

  • NASA

  • NASA, USDA

  • Currently unavailable

    • Unpublished

Instrument Operation

FIFE

First International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Field Experiment

1987—1989
Central Kansas
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2 Deployments
· 101 Data Products

Data Products