Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) L1-L3 Ancillary GEOS Data, Version 1
Data set id:
SMAP_L1_L3_ANC_GEOS
DOI: 10.5067/SD205D23X2YG
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Initial release

Overview

This ancillary SMAP product contains three dynamic GMAO GEOS-5 modeled data sets. Each data set contains surface and atmospheric parameters pertinent to SMAP provided in 1) hourly, 2) 3-hour, and 3) averaged over 3-hour intervals.
Parameter(s):
PRECIPITATIONSURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE
Platform(s):
MODELS
Sensor(s):
NOT APPLICABLE
Data Format(s):
NetCDF
Temporal Coverage:
31 January 2015 to present
Temporal Resolution:
  • Not applicable
Spatial Resolution:
  • not applicable
  • not applicable
Spatial Coverage:
N:
86.4
S:
-86.4
E:
180
W:
-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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SMAP Ancillary data sets are used to produce SMAP Level-1, -2, -3, and -4 standard data products.

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