SMAP L1B Radiometer Half-Orbit Time-Ordered Brightness Temperatures, Version 4
This Level-1B (L1B) product provides calibrated estimates of time-ordered geolocated brightness temperatures measured by the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) passive microwave radiometer. SMAP L-band brightness temperatures are referenced to the Earth's surface with undesired and erroneous radiometric sources removed.
There is a more recent version of these data.
Changes to this version include:
- Added procedure to correct brightness temperatures for water/land contamination near coastlines. New data fields for this correction include:
footprint_surface_status, surface_water_fraction_mb_h, surface_water_fraction_mb_v, tb_h_surface_corrected, and tb_v_surface_corrected. - Improved Level-1 calibration coefficients and reflected galaxy correction. To refine reflected galaxy correction over ocean, NOAA NCEP ocean roughness data have been added (wind_direction_ancillary, wind_speed_ancillary).
For the full major and minor version history, go to https://nsidc.org/data/smap/data_versions.
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Piepmeier, J. R., P. Mohammed, J. Peng, E. J. Kim, G. De Amici, J. Chaubell, and C. Ruf. 2018. SMAP L1B Radiometer Half-Orbit Time-Ordered Brightness Temperatures, Version 4. [Indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. doi: https://doi.org/10.5067/VA6W2M0JTK2N. [Date Accessed].