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PLEASE NOTE: This data set should be acknowledged: Peischl, S., Walker, J. P., Rüdiger, C., Ye, N., Kerr, Y. H., Kim, E., Bandara, R., and Allahmoradi, M.: The AACES field experiments: SMOS calibration and validation across the Murrumbidgee River catchment, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 16, 1697-1708, doi:10.5194/hess-16-1697-2012, 2012.

Experiment Overview

For the first AACES field campaign, AACES-1 (18 January to 21 February, 2010), 5 weeks were required to map the entire study transect once with coincident SMOS overpasses. Moreover, approximately 6 to 7 hours of flight time was required to cover each patch once, including a partial repeat of the first flight line and a partial overlap of the first flight line of the adjacent patch. Consequently, all flights were conducted such that they were centered on the 6am local overpass time of SMOS. All flights were operated out of Naranderra airport, while the ground crew systematically made their way across the catchment staying at Hay, Yanco, Gundagai and Yass, respectively. Intensive ground measurements were also conducted to coincide with SMOS overpass times as closely as practical. The core ground sampling activities described on the website were further supplemented with ground sampling by colleagues from CSIRO Land and Water, Griffith and from the Department of Natural Resources, Wagga Wagga.

An overview of the AACES-1 campaign is provided in a KML file that can be opened by Google Earth software. All data collected during the AACES-1 can be downloaded via the Download Centre.

AACES-1 field campaign schedule

	: Transect flight		: Patch flight
	: Travelling

Local Time	Local Day	Air crew Flight		Ground crew SM Team			Ground crew Veg Team
		Type	Patch	Activity	Patch	Base	Activity	Patch	Base
18.01.10	Mon	Arrival at study area
19.01.10	Tue			Training	1	Hay	Training	1	Hay
20.01.10	Wed	T00	All	Recon.			Recon.
21.01.10	Thu
22.01.10	Fri	P01	1	Sampling			Sampling
23.01.10	Sat			Recon.	2		Recon.	2
24.01.10	Sun
25.01.10	Mon	P02	2	Sampling			Sampling
26.01.10	Tue			Recon.	3		Recon.	3
27.01.10	Wed
28.01.10	Thu	P03	3	Sampling			Sampling
29.01.10	Fri			Recon.	4		Recon.	4
30.01.10	Sat	P04	4	Sampling			Sampling
31.01.10	Sun			Move to Yanco
01.02.10	Mon			Recon.	5	Yanco	Recon.	5	Yanco
02.02.10	Tue	T01	All	Sampling			Sampling
03.02.10	Wed
04.02.10	Thu
05.02.10	Fri			Recon.			Recon.
06.02.10	Sat			Recon.	6		Recon.	6
07.02.10	Sun	P05	5	Sampling	5		Sampling	5
08.02.10	Mon			Recon.	7		Recon.	7
09.02.10	Tue
10.02.10	Wed	P07	7	Sampling			Sampling
11.02.10	Thu						Move to Gundagai
12.02.10	Fri	P06	6	Sampling	6		Recon.	8	Gundagai
				Move to Gundagai
13.02.10	Sat			Recon.	9	Gundagai	Recon.	9
14.02.10	Sun
15.02.10	Mon	P08	8	Sampling	8		Sampling	8
16.02.10	Tue			Recon.	9		Recon.	9
				Move to Yass
17.02.10	Wed			Recon.	10	Yass	Recon.	10	Yass
18.02.10	Thu	P09, P10	9, 10	Sampling	9,10		Sampling	10
19.02.10	Fri
20.02.10	Sat	T02	All	Sampling	10		Sampling	10
21.02.10	Sun	Return to Melbourne