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nysar is a satellite mission that is

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going to be observing the earth with

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radar it will have two radars that view

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the earth at different wavelengths we

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can combine those data that allow us to

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learn more about things like vegetation

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and soil moisture than we can do with

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only one of those wavelengths so nysar

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is definitely going to be a breakthrough

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for field scale soil moisture which is

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one of your main drivers of both food

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security and then as well more on the

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economic commodity forecasts

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naisa is going to look at objects that's

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the size of

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about 6 kilometer in size which is

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typical soccer field

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to about 200 meter we'll be able to see

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whether

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a particular patch of that size is wet

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or dry the current land surface models

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can't really quantify irrigation so

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nystar is going to now help understand

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how much water is actually being used to

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grow a crop which will help us save

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water so that's kind of a big deal

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see the middle there the middle is set

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though

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we're going to deploy a couple dozen of

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these reflectors each one of these

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reflectors has to be the same brightness

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and that tells us how we have to

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calibrate the image and so that we can

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use it for science no matter where we

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put them in oklahoma we want them to

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have the same brightness in the radar

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image

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the science team is working with a lot

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of agricultural scientists with the usda

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and other agencies and trying to make

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sure that the products from nice are

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useful make sure they understand the

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soil moisture conditions and where crops

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understanding the moisture in the soil

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can definitely help those farmers better

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understand what's happening underneath

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the ground do they need to water

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is there too much water there they just

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need to kind of let things grow you know

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are they in a drought condition if they

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do need to irrigate how much all those

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different things just to you know better

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help those farmers make the best

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possible decisions for their their crops

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we have a lot of rainfall and vegetation

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with flooding extreme temperatures you

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get all this production of vegetation

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and then you get drought and it dries it

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out all these extremes we need to know

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more about the climate and what is

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happening with soil moisture and i'm

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hoping that the nysar data can help

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agriculture and learn more about what's

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going on in the ground beneath them to

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help with production

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i truly believe that agriculture is one

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of the kind of essential components to

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many what we call sustainable

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development goals poverty nutrition

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livelihoods environment whether it's

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water soil air to lift people out of

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poverty so it's something i personally