PIA17898: NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) (Artist Concept)
NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission will produce high-resolution global maps of soil moisture to track water availability around our planet and guide policy decisions.
 Mission:  SMAP 
 Product Size:  8196 x 8196 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA17898.tif (201.6 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA17898.jpg (3.725 MB)  

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NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission will produce high-resolution global maps of soil moisture to track water availability around our planet and guide policy decisions.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2014-01-22