1. MoistureMap: Australian Arid Zone and Murrumbidgee Airborne Experiments Christoph Rüdiger, Jeffrey Walker Mahdi Allahmoradi, Damian Barrett, Yann Kerr, Robert Gurney, John Le Marshall, Sandy Peischl, Ye Nan

2. Purpose and Objectives Cal/Val SMOS Preliminary Identification of Reference Sites Actual Cal/Val Experiments Model Validation Effective Temperature Radiative Transfer Model Land Surface Model

3. Field Sites Arid Zone Murrumbidgee

4. Field Sites Australian Arid Zone (10-14 November 2008)

5. Arid Zone – Wirrangula Hills Flight Lines and Surface Conditions

6. Arid Zone – Wirrangula Hills Airborne and Ground-based Observations Airborne High Resolution (50m) Low Resolution (1000m) Thermal Infrared Optical Ground-based Surface and Profile Soil Moisture Surface and Profile Temperature Gravimetric Samples Core Soil Samples Surface Roughness

7. Field Sites Australian Arid Zone

8. Arid Zone – Simpson Desert Flight Lines and Surface Conditions

9. Arid Zone – Simpson Desert Airborne and Ground-based Observations Airborne High Resolution (50m) Low Resolution (1000m) Thermal Infrared Optical Ground-based Surface and Profile Soil Moisture Surface and Profile Temperature Gravimetric Samples Core Soil Samples Surface Roughness

10. Field Sites Australian Arid Zone

11. Arid Zone – Lake Eyre

12. Airborne and Ground-based Observations Airborne High Resolution (50m) Low Resolution (1000m) Thermal Infrared Optical Ground-based Surface and Profile Soil Moisture Surface and Profile Temperature Gravimetric Samples Surface Roughness Shallow Core Samples

13. Ground Sampling Approach High-resolution Ground Sampling (50m)

14. Ground Sampling Approach Soil Moisture and Temperature Profiling

15. Ground Sampling Approach Soil Coring 50cm

16. Ground-based Measurements Soil Moisture Roaming Soil Moisture (0-5cm; Hydraprobes) Stationary Soil Moisture (0-6 and 25cm; ThetaProbes) Gravimetric Samples Soil Temperature Stationary Soil Temperature Profile Stationary Skin Surface Temperature Core Samples (up to 2-3m) Deep Temperature Deep Soil Moisture Soil Salinity Particle Size Distribution Surface Roughness

17. Field Sites Arid Zone Murrumbidgee

18. Murrumbidgee River Catchment Size 80,000km 2 Location S-E Australia Elevation 200-1800m Vegetation Irrigated Pastures and Cultivated Fields Dry-land Agriculture Forests Alpine Regions

19. SMOS Cal/Val