Scanning L-band Active Passive (slap)—recent Results from an Airborne Simulator for Smap
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Scanning L-band Active Passive (SLAP) is a recently-developed NASA airborne instrument specially tailored to simulate the new Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite instrument suite [1]. SLAP conducted its first test flights in December, 2013 and participated in its first science campaign—the IPHEX ground validation campaign of the GPM mission—in May, 2014. This paper will present results from additional test flights and science observations scheduled for 2015.
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