{"id":159,"date":"2014-06-16T21:21:08","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T21:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/?page_id=159"},"modified":"2017-06-30T13:20:11","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T13:20:11","slug":"crest-smart-soil-moisture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/research\/facilities\/crest-smart-soil-moisture\/","title":{"rendered":"CREST-SMART (Soil Moisture)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>CREST-SMART (Soil Moisture)<\/h3>\n<hr class=\"ttfmake-line-dotted\" \/>\n<p>A soil moisture observation network approved by NASA as a core validation site for the SMAP mission is deployed in the region of Millbrook, NY. It includes an L band (1.45 GHz) dual polarization radiometer that is part of the CREST Microwave Observation Unit. The study site serves as a calibration\/validation site for the NASA SMAP mission.<\/p>\n<p>The land cover in the region at the kilometer scale is a composite of open field (40%) and forested (60%) terrains and a small urban fraction (the Village of Millbrook). The area is about twelve miles from the Hudson River and includes a few small water bodies (Tyrrel Lake and Dieterich Lake) about 5 miles from the site. The relief in the area is relatively gentle. Soil texture in the region tends to be sandy loam with the following representative percentages of Sand: 60% Silt: 34%, and Clay: 6%. It was also observed that the soil column had a significant amount of rock, specifically shale, with a rock fraction that can reach up to 50%.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: aliceblue; border-radius: 15px; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px; text-align: center; width: 512px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/134.74.15.28\/hires\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Dsc015661.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-363 size-medium\" style=\"border-radius: 10px; margin: 10px auto;\" src=\"http:\/\/134.74.15.28\/hires\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Dsc015661.jpg\" alt=\"Dsc01566\" width=\"512\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/134.74.15.28\/hires\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/radiometer1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-363 size-medium\" style=\"border-radius: 10px; margin: 10px auto;\" src=\"http:\/\/134.74.15.28\/hires\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/radiometer1.jpg\" alt=\"radiometer\" width=\"512\" height=\"auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/radiometer1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/radiometer1-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CREST-SMART (Soil Moisture) A soil moisture observation network approved by NASA as a core validation site for the SMAP mission is deployed in the region of Millbrook, NY. It includes an L band (1.45 GHz) dual polarization radiometer that is part of the CREST Microwave Observation Unit. The study site serves as a calibration\/validation site [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":73,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-159","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":645,"href":"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159\/revisions\/645"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}