TH2.R10: NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive Mission Observations and Scientific Results I
Thu, 11 Jul, 11:40 - 13:20
Location: Jupiter Hall
Session Type: Oral
Session Co-Chairs: Dara Entekhabi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Simon Yueh, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Track: Community-Contributed Sessions
Thu, 11 Jul, 11:40 - 11:54

TH2.R10.1: ADVANCING SOIL MOISTURE ESTIMATION WITH ENHANCED SMAP ACTIVE/PASSIVE ALGORITHM FOR SMAP/NISAR COMBINED FRAMEWORK

Xiaolan Xu, California Institute of Technology, United States; Narendra Das, Michigan State University, United States; Simon Yueh, California Institute of Technology, United States; Dara Entekhabi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States; Andreas Colliander, California Institute of Technology, United States
Thu, 11 Jul, 11:54 - 12:08

TH2.R10.2: ANALYSIS OF SMAP RADAR SIGNATURES WITH SOIL MOISTURE OVER DIVERSE GROUND CONDITIONS

Huanting Huang, Xiaolan Xu, Simon Yueh, Tianlin Wang, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States
Thu, 11 Jul, 12:08 - 12:22

TH2.R10.3: SURFACE ROUGHNESS CORRECTION FOR L-BAND BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE AND SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVAL

Tianlin Wang, Simon Yueh, Xiaolan Xu, Andreas Colliander, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States
Thu, 11 Jul, 12:22 - 12:36

TH2.R10.4: RETRIEVAL OF VEGETATION OPTICAL DEPTH SEASONALITY DURING THE SMAPVEX19-22 IN TEMPERATE FORESTS

Andreas Colliander, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; Michael Cosh, Simon Kraatz, USDA Agricultural Research Service, United States; Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Michigan Tech Research Institute, United States; Julian Chaubell, Xiaolan Xu, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; Vicky Kelly, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, United States; Paul Siqueira, University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States; Kyle McDonald, Nick Steiner, The City College of New York, United States; Mehmet Kurum, University of Georgia, United States; Alexandre Roy, University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres, Canada; Aaron Berg, University of Guelph, Canada; Leung Tsang, University of Michigan, United States; Dara Entekhabi, Masschusetts Institute of Technology, United States; Simon Yueh, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States
Thu, 11 Jul, 12:36 - 12:50

TH2.R10.5: PASSIVE MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY FOR RIVER FLOW AND LAKE MONITORING IN THE LOWER MEKONG RIVER BASIN

Zsofia Kugler, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary; Son V. Nghiem, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; G. Robert Brakenridge, University of Colorado, United States; Anna Podkowa, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Thu, 11 Jul, 12:50 - 13:04

TH2.R10.6: PREDICTING VEGETATION HEALTH IN CORN GROWING REGIONS BY LEVERAGING SMAP-BASED ROOT ZONE SOIL MOISTURE

Manh-Hung Le, NASA / Science Applications International Corporation, United States; John Bolten, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States; David Johnson, Rick Mueller, Illiana Mladenova, USDA NASS, United States
Thu, 11 Jul, 13:04 - 13:18

TH2.R10.7: Global Estimates of Groundwater and Recharge using SMAP

Mehmet Evren Soylu, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States; Dara Entekhabi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States; Rafael Bras, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
Thu, 11 Jul, 13:18 - 13:32

TH2.R10.8: UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION IN MACHINE LEARNING BASED RETRIEVAL OF SOIL MOISTURE FROM GNSS-R OBSERVATIONS

Grigorios Tsagkatakis, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, Greece, Greece; Amer Melebari, University of Southern California, United States; Ruzbeh Akbar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States; James Campbell, Erik Hodges, Mahta Moghaddam, University of Southern California, United States