2 nd NAFE Workshop 13–14 February 2006 g Rocco Panciera NAFE’05 HYDRA PROBE DATA Rocco Panciera and Jeffrey Walker University of Melbourne Jetse Kalma University of Newcastle

2 nd NAFE Workshop 13–14 February 2006 g Rocco Panciera NAFE’05 soil moisture objectives Top 5cm water content spatial monitoring using Stevens Water Hydra probe ® ; Farm scale monitoring at multiple resolutions (6.25m to 1km), every 2-3 days; Regional scale monitoring at low resolution (1km), weekly.

2 nd NAFE Workshop 13–14 February 2006 g Rocco Panciera 31/10/0514/11/05 21/11/05 07/11/05 Landsat Elevation Regional data Rainfall Cumulated Monthly Rainfall (mm) Soil type

2 nd NAFE Workshop 13–14 February 2006 g Rocco Panciera Regional data Krui area 01/11/0503/11/0508/11/0510/11/05 15/11/05 17/11/05 22/11/05 24/11/05

2 nd NAFE Workshop 13–14 February 2006 g Rocco Panciera Soil moisture data Merriwa area 02/11/0504/11/0509/11/0511/11/05 16/11/0518/11/0523/11/0525/11/05

2 nd NAFE Workshop 13–14 February 2006 g Rocco Panciera NDVI 03/11/ Farm scale data: Pembroke 08/11/05 15/11/0517/11/0522/11/05

2 nd NAFE Workshop 13–14 February 2006 g Rocco Panciera Farm scale data: Stanley NDVI /11/0510/11/05 17/11/05 24/11/05

2 nd NAFE Workshop 13–14 February 2006 g Rocco Panciera Farm scale data: Illogan NDVI BE= Black Earths: heavy clay soils (clay content usually 50-80%) with uniform texture profi E = Euchrozems: red, strongly structured, clay soils Soil type Aerial photo 03/11/0510/11/0517/11/0524/11/05

2 nd NAFE Workshop 13–14 February 2006 g Rocco Panciera Farm scale data: Dales NDVI 04/11/0511/11/0518/11/0525/11/05

2 nd NAFE Workshop 13–14 February 2006 g Rocco Panciera Farm scale data: Merriwa Park NDVI 02/11/0504/11/0509/11/0516/11/0518/11/05 23/11/05 25/11/05

2 nd NAFE Workshop 13–14 February 2006 g Rocco Panciera Farm scale data: Cullingral Aerial photo 04/11/0509/11/05 18/11/0525/11/05

2 nd NAFE Workshop 13–14 February 2006 g Rocco Panciera High resolution data - Pembroke Soil moisture Aerial photo NDVI  Variable vegetation cover Native grass/ Barley  Microtopography

2 nd NAFE Workshop 13–14 February 2006 g Rocco Panciera High resolution data - Stanley Soil moisture Aerial photo NDVI  Microtopography  Uniform vegetation cover

2 nd NAFE Workshop 13–14 February 2006 g Rocco Panciera High resolution data - Illogan Soil moisture Aerial photo NDVI  Variable vegetation cover Barley / Oat  Flat topography

2 nd NAFE Workshop 13–14 February 2006 g Rocco Panciera High resolution data - Midlothian Soil moisture NDVI  Variable vegetation cover crop / bare soil  Flat topography

2 nd NAFE Workshop 13–14 February 2006 g Rocco Panciera High resolution data – Merriwa Park Soil moisture NDVI  Microtopography  Uniform vegetation cover

2 nd NAFE Workshop 13–14 February 2006 g Rocco Panciera High resolution data – Cullingral Soil moisture NDVI  Variable vegetation cover Wheat / Barley  Flat topography

2 nd NAFE Workshop 13–14 February 2006 g Rocco Panciera Conclusions NAFE’05 soil moisture sampling objectives achieved: - multi-resolution - spatial coverage - temporal coverage Data collected show sensible correlation with land surface features (veg biomass, soil texture, topography etc…) Validation of PLMR soil moisture product Analysis of PLMR brightness temperatures scaling properties and relation with multi-scale ground data Development and testing of downscaling technique for SMOS application Improvement of soil moisture retrieval techniques from multi-angle passive microwave observations Future work

2 nd NAFE Workshop 13–14 February 2006 g Rocco Panciera How can we do better in NAFE’06? Pole too flexible in hard soil Loose cables Loose electrical connections Heavy battery Prongs bended by stones iPaq software errors Missing data  Different material  More compact design  Permanent connections  Smaller battery  ???  Improve software stability  Daily data processing/check Problem Possible Solution

2 nd NAFE Workshop 13–14 February 2006 g Rocco Panciera