SMEX04 Soil Moisture Experiment Site Photographs from Arizona and Sonora

SMEX04 Site Photographs, Arizona, Version 1 contains photographic imagery of regional study areas in Arizona, USA and Sonora, Mexico. The dataset was created by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of the 2004 Soil Moisture Experiment. It is available in multiple file formats including BIN, ISO, and HTML.

Use Cases

• Land cover classification analysis using photographic imagery.
• Validation of soil moisture remote sensing data from the SMEX04 campaign.
• Geospatial reference for environmental conditions in Arizona and Sonora during 2004.
• Documentation of site characteristics for hydrological modeling.

Strengths

• Provides direct visual documentation of field sites for a major soil moisture experiment (SMEX04).
• Covers two distinct regional study areas in Arizona, USA and Sonora, Mexico.
• Maintained by a major space agency (NASA).

Limitations

• Documentation was provided solely by Principal Investigators and not reviewed by NSIDC, limiting support.
• Key technical details like row count, column names, and exact size are unknown.
• There is a conflict in last updated dates between platforms (2004-08-25 vs 2026-03-12).

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Photographs taken as part of the 2004 Soil Moisture Experiment (SMEX04) field campaign.

Time Range

2004

Freshness

2026-03-12 19:47:46.323655

Geography

Regional study areas in Arizona, USA and Sonora, Mexico.