Upon completion of the P-band radar observations of root zone soil moisture (RZSM) for the AirMOSS mission, the P-band radar aboard the JSC G-III transited to Fairbanks to observe RZSM in the permafrost region as part of an Interdisciplinary Science task led by Dr. Mahta Moghaddam of USC.  The Fairbanks local flight consisted of ten flight lines (see map) that provided a sampling of the landscape north and west of Fairbanks.  Several of the flight lines covered boreholes operated by University of Alaska, which will enable scientists to correlate radar observations to borehole observations.  This flight will be repeated in April 2016 to complete two years of 3 observations each to study seasonal variability in the RZSM of permafrost region.