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NASA Giovanni: A Tool for Visualizing, Analyzing, and Inter-comparing Soil Moisture Data

Teng, William·Rui, Hualan·Vollmer, Bruce·deJeu, Richard·Fang, Fan·Lei, Guang-Dih·Parinussa, Robert
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There are many existing satellite soil moisture algorithms and their derived data products, but there is no simple way for a user to inter-compare the products or analyze them together with other related data. An environment that facilitates such inter-comparison and analysis would be useful for validation of satellite soil moisture retrievals against in situ data and for determining the relationships between different soil moisture products. As part of the NASA Giovanni (Geospatial Interactive Online Visualization ANd aNalysis Infrastructure) family of portals, which has provided users worldwide with a simple but powerful way to explore NASA data, a beta prototype Giovanni Inter-comparison of Soil Moisture Products portal has been developed. A number of soil moisture data products are currently included in the prototype portal. More will be added, based on user requirements and feedback and as resources become available. Two application examples for the portal are provided. The NASA Giovanni Soil Moisture portal is versatile and extensible, with many possible uses, for research and applications, as well as for the education community.

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Teng, William, Rui, Hualan, Vollmer, Bruce, deJeu, Richard, Fang, Fan, Lei, Guang-Dih, Parinussa, Robert. 2014-06-01. NASA Giovanni: A Tool for Visualizing, Analyzing, and Inter-comparing Soil Moisture Data. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20140009183

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