Manitoba soil texture data collected for the Soil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment 2016 Manitoba (SMAPVEX16 Manitoba) campaign. The data set was last updated on July 31, 2016. It is hosted by NSIDC_CPRD on the NASA Earthdata platform.
Use Cases
- Validate satellite-derived soil moisture estimates based on ground-measured soil texture.
- Calibrate remote sensing algorithms based on physical soil properties.
- Study the relationship between soil texture and moisture retention in a specific agricultural region.
- Support the SMAPVEX16 campaign's mission to improve soil moisture measurement accuracy.
Strengths
- Data is associated with a specific, documented validation experiment (SMAPVEX16 Manitoba).
- Last update date is precisely recorded (2016-07-31 23:59:59.999000).
- Source organization is identified (NSIDC_CPRD).
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- NSIDC_CPRD via NASA Earthdata.
- Collection Method
- Likely collected via ground sampling for a validation campaign.
- Time Range
- 2016
- Freshness
- Last updated 2016-07-31 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Manitoba