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Soil Moisture Satellite Reveals First “SMAPshot”

March 13, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

On March 4, 2015, NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite successfully completed the initial test of its science instruments and revealed its very first image of the Earth’s soil moisture. These “first-light” images were composed […]

First-light images from NASA’s soil moisture satellite revealed

March 10, 2015 | 2015 News Releases | ceemit

Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering CEE Professor Dara Entekhabi’s SMAP Project satellite takes its very first snapshot of the Earth As severe weather hazards continue to afflict parts of the country to historic extremes, Professor […]

SMAP Satellite Launch a Success

February 9, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

On Saturday, January 31, Professor Dara Entekhabi and NASA successfully launched their Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite from the Vandenburg Air Force Base, California at 6:22 am Pacific time. “The lift-off was flawless and the […]

Dara Entekhabi Anticipates Benefits of New NASA Satellite to launch on Jan. 29

January 26, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

During a NASA briefing on Jan. 8 about SMAP (Soil Moisture Active Passive), a new environmental monitoring satellite expected to launch on January 29, Professor Dara Entekhabi explained the many implications of soil moisture and the […]

New SMAP Satellite Makes Measuring Soil Moisture a Snap

September 29, 2014 | 2014 News in Brief | ceemit

Scientists will soon gain new insights into how the Earth system’s three major cycles – energy, water and carbon – are linked over global land regions. NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite mission, scheduled to […]