Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry data for southern Ontario

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Overview Research Site Status and Provenance Access and Downloads

Section 1: Overview

Name of Research Project

Related Project	Part
GWF-TSTSW: Transformative Sensor Technologies and Smart Watersheds	Work Package 2

Program Affiliations

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Related Research Project(s)

Related Project	Part
GWF-TSTSW: Transformative Sensor Technologies and Smart Watersheds

Dataset Title

Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry data for southern Ontario

Additional Information

Creators and Contributors

Name	Role	Email	Institution
Claude Duguay	PI	crduguay@uwaterloo.ca	University of Waterloo
Yusof Ghiasi	Originator	syghiasi@uwaterloo.ca	University of Waterloo
Armaghan Salehian	Collaborator	salehian@uwaterloo.ca	University of Waterloo

Abstract

Soil moisture and snow depth data will be retrieved from a Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS-R) instrument onboard a unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). These data will be compared with ground measurements taken coincidentally with the flight.

Purpose

The Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS-R) has shown potential for the retrieval of properties pertaining to soil moisture and snow depth. The Faculty of Engineering at the University of Waterloo has designed and built a reflectometer for these properties. This instrument will be tested, comparing the collected data with coincident field measurements in southern Ontario.

This data set is collected for the project titled "Transformative sensor Technologies and Smart Watershed (TTWS): Work Package 2". TTWS a Pillar 3 project under the Global Water Futures Program funded by Canada First Research Excellence Fund.

Plain Language Summary

Keywords

Keyword
Ontario
Southern Ontario
Remote sensing data
Satellite imagery
Snow
Snow depth
Soil moisture
Soils

Citations

Duguay, C., Ghiasi, Y., & Salehian, A. (2019). Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry data for southern Ontario. Waterloo, Canada: Canadian Cryospheric Information Network (CCIN). (Unpublished Data.)

Section 3: Status and Provenance

Dataset Version

Dataset Creation Date

Status of data collection/production

○ Planned

○ In Progress

○ Abandoned

○ Complete

Dataset Completion or Abandonment Date

Data Update Frequency

○ Continually

○ Daily

○ Weekly

○ Biweekly

○ Monthly

○ Anually

○ As needed

○ Irregular

○ None planned

○ Unknown

Creation Software

Software	Version	File Formats

Primary Source of Data

◻ Unknown/Unspecified

◻ Census

◻ Field collected samples

◻ Field experiment

◻ Field observation

◻ Field survey

◻ Human biological samples

◻ Lab experiment

◻ Model simulation

◻ Previously collected

◻ Qualitative (from observations or interviews)

◻ Social survey

◻ Traditional knowledge

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Other Source of Data (if applicable)

Data Lineage (if applicable). Please include versions (e.g., input and forcing data, models, and coupling modules; instrument measurements; surveys; sample collections; etc.)

Section 4: Access and Downloads

Access to the Dataset

Does the data have access restrictions?

◻ No restriction (data is currently open to public)

◻ Limited (data is currently under embargo until publication)

◻ Limited (data involves intellectual property issues related to local or traditional knowledge)

◻ Limited (release of data may cause harm to the environment or to the public)

◻ Limited (pre-existing data has been used and is subject to access restrictions)

◻ Limited (data involves human subjects)

◻ Limited (data is supported by industry partnerships)

◻ Limited (data is supported by government partnerships)

Downloading and Characteristics of the Dataset

Download Links and Instructions

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Total Size of all Dataset Files (GB)

File formats and online databases

◻ Link to online database or web services (e.g., WISKI, ECCC)

◻ Archive files (.zip, .rar, .7z, .tar, .tgz, .tar.gz, etc.)

◻ CSV files (.csv - comma or tab separated value files)

◻ Excel document files (.xlsx, .xls)

◻ Image files (e.g., .tiff, .jpeg, .png, .gif, etc.)

◻ NetCDF files (.netcdf, .nc)

◻ Text files (.txt)

◻ Word document files (.docx, .doc)

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List of Parameters and Variables

Parameter/Variable	Unit	Frequency	Source

Begin Date	End Date
2019-08-01	Undefined

West Boundary Longitude	-81.4075931
East Boundary Longitude	-78.9483902
North Boundary Latitude	43.7380505
South Boundary Latitude	42.1641862