Update
07-05-1905
Content Type
Multimedia
Grade Level
Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade
Object Type
Video
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This video discusses how NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive Mission (SMAP) will use new technologies to help answer questions raised in the National Research Councils’ Decadal Survey. Students learn the modeling and forecasting applications the data will provide as it measures the soil moisture that cools Earth’s surface and provides water to the atmosphere and plants.