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, Pasadena, United States, (4)USDA-ARS, Beltsville, United States, (5)USDA Agricultural Research Service New England Plant, Soil and Water Research Laboratory, East Wareham, MA, 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