NSIPP Land Initialization: Near-Term Goals
Assimilate Dr. Owe’s surface soil moisture data from SMMR over North
America and evaluate.
Optimize soil moisture initialization using coupled S-I prediction (collaboration
with NSIPP core).   How do we evaluate this properly?
Move towards a global implementation of the assimilation.
Be ready for assimilation of AMSR data when it becomes available
(collaboration with UT).
Move towards assimilation new data types (follow-on proposal).