Evaluation of the SMAP Level 4 Surface and Root-Zone Soil Moisture Product

Gabrielle J.M. De Lannoy1, Rolf H Reichle2, Joseph V Ardizzone2, Andreas Colliander3, Michael H Cosh4, Wade T Crow5, John S Kimball6, Randal D Koster7 and Qing Liu8, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (3)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (4)U.S. Department of Agriculture ARS, Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, United States, (5)USDA ARS, Hydrology and Remote Sensing Lab, Beltsville, MD, United States, (6)University of Montana, Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, College of Forestry & Conservation, Missoula, MT, United States, (7)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, United States, (8)GMAO, building 33, Greenbelt, United States