Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) L4 Carbon Ancillary Soil Organic Carbon Restart File, Version 1
Data set id:
SMAP_L4_C_ANC_SOC_RST
DOI: 10.5067/JEWJA8UKK4IV
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Initial release

Overview

This ancillary SMAP product contains the yearly soil organic carbon (SOC) restart file. This file contains the area density of SOC at the start of the year, which is used to calculate daily SOC based on defined deposition and decay rates.
Parameter(s):
SOIL ORGANIC CARBON (SOC)
Platform(s):
NOT APPLICABLE
Sensor(s):
NOT APPLICABLE
Data Format(s):
HDF5
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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