Table 1 Overview of data availability.

From: Multiyear in-situ L-band microwave radiometry of land surface processes on the Tibetan Plateau

Data Type

2016–2017 period

StartT

EndT

StartT

EndT

StartT

EndT

Meteo data*

25-Mar-2016

    

30-Jan-2017

Eddy covariance

  

5-Jun-2016

4-Sep-2016

1-Dec-2016

29-Mar-2017

SMST_LC

  

7-Aug-2016

  

29-Mar-2017

SMST_Z

1-Jan-2016

6-Apr-2016

    

ELBARA TB

1-Jan-2016

6-Apr-2016

7-Aug-2016

30-Nov-2016

1-Jan-2017

29-Mar-2017

In-situ LAI

     

MODIS LAI

From Jan-2016 to Dec-2019

     

SMAP L1 TB

From 1-Jan-2016 to 31-Dec-2019

     

Data Type

2017–2018 period

StartT

EndT

StartT

EndT

  

Meteo data

31-Jul-2017

27-Aug-2017

22-Oct-2017

12-Aug-2018

  

Eddy covariance

29-Mar-2017

16-Nov-2017

9-Dec-2017

12-Aug-2018

  

SMST_LC

27-Jul-2017

  

12-Aug-2018

  

SMST_Z

     

ELBARA TB

29-Mar-2017

  

12-Aug-2018

  

In-situ LAI

12-Jul-2018, 17-Aug-2018

     

MODIS LAI

From Jan-2016 to Dec-2019

     

SMAP L1 TB

From 1-Jan-2016 to 31-Dec-2019

     

Data Type

2018–2019 period

StartT

EndT

StartT

EndT

  

Meteo data

12-Aug-2018

30-Oct-2018

11-Nov-2018

28-Aug-2019

  

Eddy covariance

12-Aug-2018

10-Nov-2018

26-Mar-2019

28-Aug-2019

  

SMST_LC

15-Aug-2018

  

31-May-2019

  

SMST_Z

     

ELBARA TB

12-Aug-2018

29-Dec-2018

25-Mar-2019

28-Aug-2019

  

In-situ LAI

12-Jul-2018, 17-Aug-2018

     

MODIS LAI

From Jan-2016 to Dec-2019

     

SMAP L1 TB

From 1-Jan-2016 to 31-Dec-2019

     
  1. (StartT: start of a data period, EndT: end of a data period; Meteo data: meteorological data; Eddy covariance: micrometeorological data; SMST_LC: Soil moisture and soil temperature data at LC location23, SMST_Z: Soil moisture and soil temperature at Z location13; ELBARA TB: ELBARA-III brightness temperature; In-situ LAI: in-situ measured leaf area index27; MODIS LAI: Leaf area index from the MODIS sensor25; SMAP L1 TB: SMAP Level 1 brightness temperature3).
  2. (*The precipitation data from 1-Sep-2016 to 30-Jan-2017 was provided by the Zoige Plateau Wetlands Ecosystem Research Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Science, Lanzhou, China; The precipitation gauge is the same type Geonor T-200B Series installed 200 m to the north-west of Maqu site).