SMAPVEX16_MB

Soil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment 2016 (SMAPVEX16). The objective is to improve soil moisture information produced by the SMAP satellite.

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Members of #smapvex16_mb visiting the DC3 which carries a PALS instrument last Friday during an open house

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Window two has come to an end! A big thanks to all those who participated in making #smapvex16_mb a success!! 🌽🌾🛰🌎

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Along with soil and vegetation samples, we were collecting data from two ground based radiometers #soilmoisture

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Partitioning biomass samples at the @Uofmanitoba yesterday in order to avoid the heat #smapvex16 #soilmoisture

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Taking LAI Photos in a corn field during our last vegetation sampling day of the campaign today! #smapvex16_MB

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À vos marques, prêts, sondez! Heather McNairn a des talents en vérification de sol #SMAPVEX16

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Ready, set, probe! Dr. Heather McNairn shows off soil testing skills #SMAPVEX16

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Prairie sunrises make early mornings a little better for our soil moisture field crews #smapvex16 #day3inthebooks

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Grade 10 student Justin Powers helps his Dad take veg temperatures in some tall corn crops. #soilmoisture 🌽🌽🌽

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Members of SMAPVEX16_MB cheering on the @Wpg_BlueBombers last night

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Working together to get wheat samples partitioned before a second rainstorm comes #teamstudents #soilmoisture

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Teams are racing against the storm clouds on our second day of biomass sampling #smapvex16 #prairiestorms 🛰🌾⛈

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Dr. Paul Bullock from UofM and Heather McNairn of @AAFC_Canada making a canola salad during vegetation sampling. 🛰🌱🌎

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Window two of #smapvex16 starts on July 10th! #soilmoisture 🛰🌽🌾

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Teams have been sampling biomass and soil in between our campaigns to help reduce data gaps #soilmoisture #smapvex 🛰

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Prairie Region Director General Javier Gracia-Garza discusses the campaign with AAFC staff and Dr Bullock from UofM

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Check out these articles and find out about satellites, soil moisture, and planes in SMAP;

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https://t.co/hXOYG9gza1

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Wheat development; late boot w closed flag leaf & visible awns to partial emergence of the wheat head. #SMAPVEX16_MB

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Making paths through the canola fields today in preparation for window 2 which starts on July 10th #smapvex16_mb

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Soil moisture crews collected over 16,000 RDC values and 600 core samples during window one of #smapvex16_MB