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Q&A: Life in the Field with SMAPEx-4
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Researcher Amy McNally spent two weeks in Yanco, Australia to participate in the three week Soil Moisture Active Passive Experiment-4…

May 22, 2015
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SMAP Gathers Soil Data in Australia
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It’s 3 a.m. in Yanco, Australia, a remote region located 380 miles (612 kilometers) west of Sydney. While most people…

May 7, 2015
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SMAP: The Dirt Behind Improved Forecasting
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Dara Entekhabi has been waiting 15 years for this moment—the launch of NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite from…

Feb 2, 2015
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SMAP: Adopt a Satellite
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Two hours before SMAP’s early morning launch Saturday, Vanessa Escobar was on NASA TV, explaining a new effort to link…

Jan 31, 2015
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From a Roadside View to a Global View
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California road trips cry out for a game I like to call “Guess What’s Growing by the Side of the…

Jan 30, 2015
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Aw, SMAP!
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For the time being, NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite is waiting to rocket into orbit. Media packed up…

Jan 30, 2015
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The Reveal
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The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission is one step closer to launch. On January 28, the mobile service tower…

Jan 29, 2015
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SMAP Set to Investigate Earth
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SMAP is ready to go! The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, which will map the water content of soils…

Jan 28, 2015
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Tall Crops
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Sab Kim Jet Propulsion Laboratory Updates on the vegetation conditions are provided here, monitored by the crop structure team. There…

Jul 18, 2012
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