SMEX04 Regional Soil Moisture Data: Arizona, Version 1

Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
Notice to Data Users: The documentation for this data set was provided solely by the Principal Investigator(s) and was not further developed, thoroughly reviewed, or edited by NSIDC. Thus, support for this data set may be limited. This data set combines data for several parameters measured as part of the Soil Moisture Experiment 2004 (SMEX04) in the regional study area of Arizona, USA.
Citation
Title SMEX04 Regional Soil Moisture Data: Arizona, Version 1
publication  Date   2009-04-10
Edition 1
edition Date 2009-04-10
cited responsible party - principalInvestigator
individual Name Thomas Jackson
organisation Name  United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service
Contact information
Address
BARC-West, Beltsville, MD, 20705 Country USA
electronic Mail Address tom.jackson@ars.usda.gov
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
cited responsible party - principalInvestigator
individual Name Michael Cosh
organisation Name  United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 301 504 6461
Fax 1 301 504 8931
Address
10300 Baltimore AvenueBldg. 007, Rm. 104BARC-West, Beltsville, MD, 20705 Country USA
electronic Mail Address mcosh@hydrolab.arsusda.gov
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
cited responsible party - principalInvestigator
individual Name Jay Famiglietti
organisation Name  University of California
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
cited responsible party - principalInvestigator
individual Name Rajat Bindlish
organisation Name  NASA GSFC Hydrological Sciences Branch, Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 301 286 8753
Address
8800 Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, MD, 20771 Country USA
electronic Mail Address rajat.bindlish@nasa.gov
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
Contact information
Address
, Boulder, Colorado,  Country USA
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
Topic Category:  climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Keywords:
Location keywords:
Continent > North America > United States Of America > Arizona
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Location Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
Theme keywords (theme):
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Electrical Conductivity
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Hydraulic Conductivity
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Land Temperature > Land Surface Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Precipitation Amount
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Soil Bulk Density
EARTH SCIENCE > Agriculture > Soils > Soil Moisture/Water Content
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Soil Salinity/Soil Sodicity
EARTH SCIENCE > Agriculture > Soils > Soil Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Thermal Conductivity
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Science Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
platform Keywords
In Situ Land-based Platforms > GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Platform Keywords
revision  Date   2016-06-10
instrument Keywords
DIELECTRIC PROBE
PYROMETERS
SOIL MOISTURE PROBE
TEMPERATURE PROBES
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Instrument Keywords
revision  Date   2016-06-01
project Keywords
SMEX04 > Soil Moisture Experiments in 2004
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Project Keywords
revision  Date   2008-01-24
Theme keywords (theme):
Experiment
thesaurus name >
Title Activity > experimental process
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:48:12 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Continent
thesaurus name >
Title Realm > Geosphere
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:48:12 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
In Situ Land-based Platform
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATION
thesaurus name >
Title Equipment > Platform
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:48:12 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
NSIDC
thesaurus name >
Title Organization > GOVERNMENT AGENCIES-U.S. FEDERAL AGENCIES
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:48:12 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Soil
thesaurus name >
Title Material > Environmental Material
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:48:12 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Moisture
Soil Moisture
Temperature
Electrical Conductivity
Thermal Conductivity
Surface Temperature
North
Density
Hydraulic Conductivity
thesaurus name >
Title Property > Measure
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:48:12 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
TEMPERATURE PROBE
DIELECTRIC PROBE
SOIL MOISTURE PROBE
thesaurus name >
Title Equipment > Instrument
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:48:12 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
National Snow and Ice Data Center
University of California
Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes
thesaurus name >
Title Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Corporate Names
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:48:12 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Precipitation
thesaurus name >
Title Process > Atmospheric Process
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:48:12 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Atmosphere
thesaurus name >
Title Realm > Atmosphere
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:48:12 UTC 2018
purpose:
Scientific Research
Resource language:  eng; usa
Character set encoding of resource:  UTF8
Resource progress code:  completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  asNeeded
update scope:  dataset
update scope:  series
update scope:  attribute
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints  otherRestrictions
use constraint:  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Access Constraints : none
Other constraints
Use Constraints : none
Resource extent
Extent description
SpatialCoverageType=HORIZONTAL, SpatialGranuleSpatialRepresentation=GEODETIC, TemporalRangeType=Continuous Range, TimeType=UTC
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -110.3
eastBoundLongitude  -109.7
northBoundLatitude  32.1
southBoundLatitude  31.4
Temporal Extent
2004-08-03T00:00:00.000Z 2004-08-26T23:59:59.999Z
point of contact - pointOfContact
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
CIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - principalInvestigator
individual Name Thomas Jackson
organisation Name  United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service
Contact information
Address
BARC-West, Beltsville, MD, 20705 Country USA
electronic Mail Address tom.jackson@ars.usda.gov
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - principalInvestigator
individual Name Michael Cosh
organisation Name  United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 301 504 6461
Fax 1 301 504 8931
Address
10300 Baltimore AvenueBldg. 007, Rm. 104BARC-West, Beltsville, MD, 20705 Country USA
electronic Mail Address mcosh@hydrolab.arsusda.gov
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - principalInvestigator
individual Name Jay Famiglietti
organisation Name  University of California
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - principalInvestigator
individual Name Rajat Bindlish
organisation Name  NASA GSFC Hydrological Sciences Branch, Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 301 286 8753
Address
8800 Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, MD, 20771 Country USA
electronic Mail Address rajat.bindlish@nasa.gov
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - custodian
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - distributor
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - processor
organisation Name  NASA NSIDC DAAC
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Description 
point of contact - originator
organisation Name  NASA NSIDC DAAC
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
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Reference system information

Reference System Identifier
Identifier string: CARTESIAN
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Scope of quality information
scope level  series
Resource lineage description

Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name HTTPS
URL: https://daacdata.apps.nsidc.org/pub/DATASETS/AVDM/data/soil_moisture/SMEX04/Arizona/ground_soil_moisture/watershed_GSM/
link function function
Description Direct download via HTTPS protocol.
Linkage for online resource
name Documentation
URL: https://nsidc.org/sites/nsidc.org/files/files/data/amsre-validation/nsidc0384-smex04-soil-moisture-az.pdf
link function function
Description Documentation explaining the data and how it was processed.
Format
Format name ASCII Text
Format version 
specification > FTP 104 to 373 KB
Format
Format name ASCII Text
Format version 
specification > HTTPS 104 to 373 KB

Description of extensions to base metadata standard

ExtendedElementInformation
Elementname Metadata Create Date
definition Create Date
dataType  Date
domainValue 2009-04-10
parentEntity 
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Description of extensions to base metadata standard

ExtendedElementInformation
Elementname Metadata Update Date
definition Update Date
dataType  Date
domainValue 2017-09-26
parentEntity 
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Metadata data stamp:  2017-09-26
Metadata contact - custodian
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
Metadata scope code  series
Metadata hierarchy level name:  SMEX04 Regional Soil Moisture Data: Arizona
Metadata language  eng; usa
Metadata character set encoding:   UTF8
Metadata standard for this record:  ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information 2009 Metadata
standard version:  ISO 19115-2:2009
Metadata record identifier:  SMEX04 Regional Soil Moisture Data: Arizona, Version 1

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)