iAqueduct Observatories & Data Repository

Variables/Parameters

Targeted Research

In Situ ¹

UAS ²

Airborne ³

Satellite Missions ⁴

Precipitation

Downscaling

X

X

Air Temperature

X

Air Pressure

X

Humidity

X

Wind speed/direction

X

Four-component (and Net) Radiation

X

X⁵

Soil Heat Flux

X

Evaporation/transpiration

Downscaling

X

Runoff

X

X

Stream Flow

X

Groundwater level

X

Soil Properties (texture, hydraulic, thermal, etc.)

Retrieval

X

X

X

X

Soil Moisture (surface, profile)

Downscaling

X

X

X

Soil Temperature (surface, profile)

X

X

X

X

Soil Freeze-Thaw (surface, profile)

X

X

X

X

Snow Depth

X

X

X

X

Snow Water Equivalent

X

Land Cover Types

X

X

X

Vegetation Coverage

X

X

X

X

Plantation Structure

X

X

Leaf Area Index

X

X

X

Vegetation Structure Parameters (density, canopy height, crown diameter, etc.)

X

X

X

Biomass (NPP and NEE)

X

X

X

X

DEM

X

X

Laser altimetry

X

X

Reflectance (optical range)

Energy balance and vegetation dynamics

X

X

X

X

Fluorescence (optical range)

X

X

Emittance (thermal range)

Energy balance and temperature downscaling

X

X

X

X

Brightness temperature (microwave range)

Soil moisture downscaling

X

X

Backscattering coefficient (microwave range)

Soil moisture downscaling

X