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SPL1AA

SMAP L1A Radar Time-Ordered Parsed Telemetry, Version 1

This Level-1A (L1A) product provides all data downlinked from the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) radar during 6:00 a.m. descending and 6:00 p.m. ascending half-orbit passes. The product also contains information about the spacecraft position and attitude, as well as the antenna azimuth position over the same time period that the radar telemetry covers. The major contents of the product include high resolution synthetic aperture radar data, low resolution real aperture radar data, instrument loopback data, instrument health and status data, and standard operating conditions at antenna rotation granularity.

NSIDC does not archive these data.

Version Summary: 

This version of the data set may not represent the most recent release. Users should visit the ASF DAAC to find the most up-to-date information; access is provided through the “Download Data” tab.

For the full major and minor version history, go to https://nsidc.org/data/smap/data_versions.

Parameter(s):
  • Radar > Radar Backscatter > Sigma Nought
Data Format(s):
  • HDF5
Spatial Coverage:
N: 85.044, 
S: -85.044, 
E: 180, 
W: -180
Platform(s):SMAP Observatory
Spatial Resolution:
  • 1 km to 3 km x 1 km to 3 km
Sensor(s):SMAP L-Band Radar
Temporal Coverage:
  • 13 April 2015 to 7 July 2015
Version(s):V1
Temporal Resolution49 minuteMetadata XML:View Metadata Record
Data Contributor(s):West, R.

Geographic Coverage
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