{"id":33386,"date":"2024-05-09T11:00:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T09:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/articles\/vulcani-suolo-spazio-nasa\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T11:24:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T09:24:45","slug":"soil-moisture-space-nasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/innovation-technology\/soil-moisture-space-nasa\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA will monitor soil moisture on Earth’s surface"},"content":{"rendered":"

Soil moisture monitoring is also among the goals of NASA’s latest missions. For the U.S. Space Agency, this is a new contribution to the study and protection of soil thanks to satellite data<\/h2>\n

by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n

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NASA<\/strong> recently launched two remote monitoring<\/strong> missions of the soil and atmosphere with the goal of detecting traces of water and signs of volcanic activity according to a statement<\/a>. One receiver, called Signals of Opportunity P-Band Investigation (SNoOPI), specifically aims to measure soil moisture<\/strong> in the root zone by exploiting radio signals produced by commercial satellites. Another instrument, the Hyperspectral Thermal Imager (HyTI), on the other hand, measures traces of gas linked volcano activity.<\/p>\n

Both detectors were launched March 21 from the Cape Canaveral Space Station aboard a spacecraft that subsequently released them into orbit more recently.<\/p>\n