Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) L4 Soil Moisture Ancillary Restart Files, Version 1
Data set id:
SMAP_L4_SM_ANC_RST
DOI: 10.5067/POY9KSG3TY9J
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Initial release

Overview

This ancillary SMAP product contains static restart files for the Land Data Assimilation Systems (LDAS) Catchment model. This product includes prognostic variables for both the catchment model and perturbations model.
Parameter(s):
SNOWSOIL MOISTURESOIL TEMPERATURE
Platform(s):
MODELS
Sensor(s):
NOT APPLICABLE
Data Format(s):
Binary
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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