Global Evaluation of SMAP/Sentinel-1 Soil Moisture Products [PDF]
SMAP/Sentinel-1 soil moisture is the latest SMAP (Soil Moisture Active Passive) product derived from synergistic utilization of the radiometry observations of SMAP and radar backscattering data of Sentinel-1.
Farzane Mohseni +4 more
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Estimating Live Fuel Moisture Using SMAP L-Band Radiometer Soil Moisture for Southern California, USA [PDF]
Live fuel moisture (LFM) is a field-measured indicator of vegetation water content and a crucial observation of vegetation flammability. This study presents a new multi-variant regression model to estimate LFM in the Mediterranean ecosystem of Southern ...
Shenyue Jia +3 more
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Evaggelos Spyrou +2 more
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Enhancing Postharvest Quality of Blackberries: Impact of Sonicated and Microwave-Assisted Pasteurized Edible Coating Gels at Different Storage Temperatures [PDF]
Blackberries (Rubus fructicosus L.) are categorized as functional foods, as they are rich in bioactive compounds. Due to limited shelf life and susceptibility to postharvest quality deterioration, it is imperative to investigate postharvest interventions
Muhammad Nadeem +4 more
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SMAP soil moisture drying more rapid than observed in situ following rainfall events [PDF]
We examine soil drying rates by comparing surface soil moisture observations from the NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission to those from networks of in situ probes upscaled to SMAP's sensing footprint.
Peter J. Shellito +13 more
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The Use of SMAP-Reflectometry in Science Applications: Calibration and Capabilities
The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission became one of the newest spaceborne Global Navigation Satellite System−Reflectometry (GNSS-R) missions collecting Global Positioning System (GPS) bistatic radar measurements when the band-pass center ...
Nereida Rodriguez-Alvarez +4 more
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Integration of Sentinel-1A Radar and SMAP Radiometer for Soil Moisture Retrieval over Vegetated Areas [PDF]
NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) was originally designed to combine high-resolution active (radar) and coarse-resolution but highly sensitive passive (radiometer) L-band observations to achieve unprecedented spatial resolution and accuracy for ...
Saeed Arab, Greg Easson, Zahra Ghaffari
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Comparative Evaluation of GLDAS, ESA CCI SM and SMAP Soil Moisture with in situ Measurements (Case Study: Lorestan Province) [PDF]
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of estimated soil moisture data obtained from the GLDAS, ESA and SMAP sensor databases with the observed data of the Silakhor Agricultural Meteorological Station to investigate the spatial and ...
Abdolnabi Abdeh kolahchi +3 more
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Antifungal Peptides SmAPα1–21 and SmAPγ27–44 Designed from Different Loops of DefSm2-D Have Distinct Modes of Action [PDF]
Background: The use of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as biotechnological tools is an area of growing interest in the research that seeks to improve crop defense.
Micaela Iturralde +7 more
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Introducing the SMAP L4 Products and Investigating the Spatio-Temporal Variability of Soil Moisture in Iran [PDF]
Background and objectives: Although estimation of soil surface moisture plays an important role in soil and water resources management, unfortunately, there is currently no national soil moisture monitoring network in Iran and the distribution of in situ
Ebrahim Asadi Oskouei +2 more
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