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Purpose and Objectives

MoistureMap: Australian Arid Zone and Murrumbidgee Airborne Experiments Christoph Rüdiger, Jeffrey Walker Mahdi Allahmoradi, Damian Barrett, Yann Kerr, Robert Gurney, John Le Marshall, Sandy Peischl, Ye Nan. Purpose and Objectives. Cal/Val SMOS Preliminary Identification of Reference Sites

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Purpose and Objectives

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  1. MoistureMap: Australian Arid Zone and Murrumbidgee Airborne ExperimentsChristoph Rüdiger, Jeffrey WalkerMahdi Allahmoradi, Damian Barrett, Yann Kerr, Robert Gurney, John Le Marshall, Sandy Peischl, Ye Nan

  2. Purpose and Objectives • Cal/Val SMOS • Preliminary Identification of Reference Sites • Actual Cal/Val Experiments • Model Validation • Effective Temperature • Radiative Transfer Model • Land Surface Model

  3. Field Sites Arid Zone Murrumbidgee

  4. Field Sites Australian Arid Zone (10-14 November 2008)

  5. Arid Zone – Wirrangula Hills • Flight Lines and Surface Conditions

  6. Arid Zone – Wirrangula Hills • Airborne and Ground-based Observations • Airborne • High Resolution (50m) • Low Resolution (1000m) • Thermal Infrared • Optical • Ground-based • Surface and Profile Soil Moisture • Surface and Profile Temperature • Gravimetric Samples • Core Soil Samples • Surface Roughness

  7. Field Sites Australian Arid Zone

  8. Arid Zone – Simpson Desert • Flight Lines and Surface Conditions

  9. Arid Zone – Simpson Desert • Airborne and Ground-based Observations • Airborne • High Resolution (50m) • Low Resolution (1000m) • Thermal Infrared • Optical • Ground-based • Surface and Profile Soil Moisture • Surface and Profile Temperature • Gravimetric Samples • Core Soil Samples • Surface Roughness

  10. Field Sites Australian Arid Zone

  11. Arid Zone – Lake Eyre

  12. Arid Zone – Lake Eyre • Airborne and Ground-based Observations • Airborne • High Resolution (50m) • Low Resolution (1000m) • Thermal Infrared • Optical • Ground-based • Surface and Profile Soil Moisture • Surface and Profile Temperature • Gravimetric Samples • Surface Roughness • Shallow Core Samples

  13. Ground Sampling Approach • High-resolution Ground Sampling (50m)

  14. Ground Sampling Approach • Soil Moisture and Temperature Profiling

  15. Ground Sampling Approach • Soil Coring 50cm

  16. Ground-based Measurements • Soil Moisture • Roaming Soil Moisture (0-5cm; Hydraprobes) • Stationary Soil Moisture (0-6 and 25cm; ThetaProbes) • Gravimetric Samples • Soil Temperature • Stationary Soil Temperature Profile • Stationary Skin Surface Temperature • Core Samples (up to 2-3m) • Deep Temperature • Deep Soil Moisture • Soil Salinity • Particle Size Distribution • Surface Roughness

  17. Field Sites Arid Zone Murrumbidgee

  18. Murrumbidgee River Catchment • Size • 80,000km2 • Location • S-E Australia • Elevation • 200-1800m • Vegetation • Irrigated Pastures and Cultivated Fields • Dry-land Agriculture • Forests • Alpine Regions

  19. SMOS Cal/Val

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