Overview
The site is located in eastern Ontario, Canada. The climate is humid continental with a large seasonal climatic variation, supporting one harvest per year. The dominant soil is silt loam. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has a permanent in situ soil moisture station network in the area (http://agriculture.canada.ca/SoilMonitoringStations/index-en.html). The site has been used extensively to develop and validate soil moisture retrievals using Canada’s RADARSAT satellites.
Project Objectives
Soil moisture retrieval
Site Description
| Landscape Topography | Flat ( slopes < 1%) |
|---|---|
| Typical Field Size | 3 Ha |
| Climatic Zone | Humid continental climate |
| Major Crops and Calendars | |
| Soil Type & Texture | Inorganic:
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| Soil Drainage Class | Array |
| Irrigation Infrastructure | Array |
| Other Site Details |
In Situ Observations
Soil moisture, soil temperature
- Crop Type(s):
- Collection Protocol:
Permanent in situ soil moisture network are installed in this site. The network consists of five monitoring stations. At each station three Stevens Hydra probes have been placed at each of four depths – 5, 20, 50 and 100 cm. Each probe records soil moisture percentage (using Stephen’s default dielectric conversion model), soil temperature in Celsius and real soil dielectric permittivity.
- Frequency: Measurements are collected on a 30 minute time scale
EO Data
Optical Data Requirements
SAR Data Requirements
Passive Microwave Data Requirements
Thermal Data Requirements
Results
Documents and Files
Links to paper
Project Reports
Study Team
Team Leader
Other Team Members