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July 1, 2022

NSIDC DAAC Joins NASA’s EOSDIS Earthdata Forum

NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) is pleased to announce its participation in NASA’s Earthdata Forum. Earthdata Forum provides a central online location… Read more »

May 12, 2022

Application data update: Newest NSIDC DAAC SMAP data set versions available in AppEEARS

The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) now includes the newest versions of select Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) data sets from the NASA National Snow and… Read more »

April 18, 2022

Data Set Update: SMAP/Sentinel-1 L2 Radiometer/Radar 30-Second Scene 3 km EASE-Grid Soil Moisture, Version 3

The SMAP/Sentinel-1 L2 Radiometer/Radar 30-Second Scene 3 km EASE-Grid Soil Moisture data set archived at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) has… Read more »

April 11, 2022

Data set update: SMAP Radiometer Twice-Daily rSIR-Enhanced EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperatures, Version 2

The SMAP Radiometer Twice-Daily rSIR-Enhanced EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperatures, Version 2 data set, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has been updated… Read more »

April 4, 2022

Data set updates: SMAP Level-2 and Level-3 data reprocessing and customization services

The latest versions of four SMAP Level-2 and Level-3 data sets, accessible from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), were released in… Read more »

March 29, 2022

New data set release: SMAPVEX15 PALS Soil Moisture Data, Version 1

The SMAPVEX15 PALS Soil Moisture Data, Version 1 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This data set contains… Read more »

February 28, 2022

Data set updates: SMAP Level-4 shapefile, KML/KMZ, and GeoJSON spatial subsetting

SMAP Level-4 data sets, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), can now be subsetted for a spatial area defined by… Read more »

February 17, 2022

Data set update: SMAP/In Situ Core Validation Site Land Surface Parameters Match-Up Data, Version 1

The SMAP/In Situ Core Validation Site Land Surface Parameters Match-Up Data, Version 1 data set, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has… Read more »

February 1, 2022

Data set update: SMAP/In Situ Core Validation Site Land Surface Parameters Match-Up Data, Version 1

The SMAP/In Situ Core Validation Site Land Surface Parameters Match-Up Data, Version 1 data set, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has… Read more »

December 8, 2021

New data products released: New versions of SMAP Level-4 data products now available at NSIDC

The SMAP Project performs annual reprocessing of all its science data products based on improvements in the algorithms and supporting information. As part of this routine reprocessing, the SMAP Science… Read more »

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