TABLE IV.
Seasonal Intercomparison of SMAP With SMOS, ASCAT, and AMSR2 for April 1, 2015–April 1, 2016. Only the Northern Hemisphere Is Considered and the IGBP Classes ENF, EBF, DNF, DBF, MXD, PEW, URB, AND SNI, and Pixels Where the Respective Soil Moisture Algorithm Identifies Open Water Surfaces Are Excluded
| Metrics | Mar-Apr-May | Jun-Jul-Aug | Sep-Oct-Nov | Dec-Jan-Feb | All | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOS | ASCAT | AMSR2 | SMOS | ASCAT | AMSR2 | SMOS | ASCAT | AMSR2 | SMOS | ASCAT | AMSR2 | SMOS | ASCAT | AMSR2 | |
| ubRMSD (m3/m3) | 0.060 | 0.092 | 0.084 | 0.070 | 0.132 | 0.094 | 0.063 | 0.098 | 0.078 | 0.055 | 0.073 | 0.087 | 0.065 | 0.114 | 0.087 |
| Bias (m3/m3) | −0.001 | −0.006 | 0.035 | −0.021 | −0.082 | 0.012 | −0.005 | −0.033 | 0.033 | 0.004 | 0.019 | 0.038 | −0.009 | −0.037 | 0.027 |
| RMSD (m3/m3) | 0.060 | 0.092 | 0.091 | 0.073 | 0.156 | 0.095 | 0.063 | 0.103 | 0.084 | 0.055 | 0.075 | 0.095 | 0.065 | 0.119 | 0.091 |
| Correlation R | 0.845 | 0.697 | 0.404 | 0.725 | 0.574 | 0.387 | 0.810 | 0.700 | 0.468 | 0.822 | 0.721 | 0.281 | 0.789 | 0.630 | 0.379 |