Google Earth data

In order to provide a quick overview of the SMAPEx-3 data, all data have been organized and converted into KMZ files, which can be opened via Google Earth (free software). You can download a GoogleEarth package for SMAPEx-3 from the Download Centre. This file includes:

• Ground data
  • Soil moisture data
  • Locations of vegetation sampling
  • Locations of roughness sampling
  • Lake station and transects
  • Monitoring networks (SMAPEx, OzNet and supplementary)
  • PRC location
• Airborne data
  • Flight plan
  • PLMR brightness temperatures
• Other
  • Murrumbidgee Boundary
  • SMAP grids
  • Perimeter of the focus areas