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NASA kickstarts soil moisture mission
NASA\'s new Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission to map global soil moisture and detect whether soils are frozen or thawed has begun science operations. The first global view, a combined active-passive soil moisture map with a spatial resolution of nine km, shows dry conditions in the southwestern US and in Australia\'s interior.
Washington: NASA's new Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission to map global soil moisture and detect whether soils are frozen or thawed has begun science operations. The first global view, a combined active-passive soil moisture map with a spatial resolution of nine km, shows dry conditions in the southwestern US and in Australia's interior.
Moist soil conditions are evident in the US Midwest and in eastern regions of the US, Europe and Asia. SMAP data will be combined with data from other missions like NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement, Aquarius and Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment to reveal deeper insights into how the water cycle is evolving at global and regional scales.
It will also enhance our ability to monitor and predict natural hazards like floods and droughts. SMAP data have additional practical applications, including improved weather forecasting and crop yield predictions.
