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National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationSMAP HandbookSoil Moisture Active PassiveMapping Soil Moisture andFreeze/Thaw from SpaceOn the cover The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission will provide global measurements of soil moisture and its freeze/thaw state from a 685 km, near polar, sun synchronous orbit for a period of 3 years. The SMAP observatory s instrument suite includes a radiometer and a synthetic aperture radar to make coincident measurements of surface emission and backscatter. SMAP data will be used to enhance understanding of processes that link the water, ener gy, and carbon cycles, and to extend the capabilities of weather and climate prediction HandbookSoil Moisture Active PassiveMapping Soil Moisture andFreeze/Thaw from SpaceSMAP HANDBOOK3 ContentsThe research described in this publication was carried out by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract wit
Assimilation section of the SMAP Handbook is a guide to a unique science feature of the mission. It includes description of data products that merge the SMAP instru-ment measurements with other observing system data as well as models in order to produce science data products that are applicable to a much wider range of applications.
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