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Scanning L-band Active Passive (SLAP)

The Scanning L-band Active/Passive (SLAP) instrument is an airborne remote sensing instrument developed at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for remote sensing of soil moisture, ocean salinity, freeze-thaw state, and other physical phenomena that display characteristics at microwave L-band.

Launch Date

November 2015

Class

Instrument

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The Scanning L-band Active/Passive (SLAP) instrument is an airborne remote sensing instrument developed at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for remote sensing of soil moisture, ocean salinity, freeze-thaw state, and other physical phenomena that display characteristics at microwave L-band.

Related Publications

2023. "High-Resolution Soil Moisture—a European Airborne Campaign Using NASA Goddard’s Scanning L-Band Active Passive (SLAP).", Remote Sensing in Earth Systems Sciences, 6 (3-4): 309-321 [10.1007/s41976-023-00099-4] [Journal Article/Letter]