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SMAP L4 Global Daily 9 km EASE-Grid Carbon Net Ecosystem Exchange, Version 5
The Level-4 (L4) carbon product (SPL4CMDL) provides global gridded daily estimates of net ecosystem carbon (CO2) exchange derived using a satellite data based terrestrial carbon flux model informed by the following: Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) L-band microwave observations, land cover and vegetation inputs from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), and the Goddard Earth Observing System Model, Version 5 (GEOS-5) land model assimilation system. Parameters are computed using an Earth-fixed, global cylindrical 9 km Equal-Area Scalable Earth Grid, Version 2.0 (EASE-Grid 2.0) projection.
This is the most recent version of these data.
Changes to this version primarily represent changes to the model inputs and model Biome Properties Look-up Table (BPLUT) calibration rather than changes to the internal model structure or code. The Version 5 product accuracy and performance is largely consistent with Version 4. Specific changes include:
- Revised Level-4 carbon global model calibration and soil organic carbon (SOC) initialization using the latest SMAP Nature Run (NRv8.3) soil moisture and soil temperature data, and MERRA-2 surface meteorology.
- The carbon model BPLUT has been recalibrated using a FLUXNET2015 global tower site record that includes 329 sites representing all major global plant functional type (PFT) classes.
- Implemented minor changes to spatial weighting of FLUXNET2015 tower sites in the Level-4 carbon model BPLUT calibration. Northern (≥ 45°N) tower sites now have greater impact in defining global PFT response characteristics; whereby, the adjusted weighting is designed to enhance product performance in boreal-arctic biomes. It also incorporated a more detailed set of PFT realistic range constraints for the BPLUT parameters prior to the model calibration and optimization.
- Enhanced an attribute in the legend_carbon_model_bitflag data field to include descriptions of the bit values.
For the full major and minor version history, go to https://nsidc.org/data/smap/data_versions.
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Kimball, J. S., L. A. Jones, A. Endsley, T. Kundig, and R. Reichle. 2020. SMAP L4 Global Daily 9 km EASE-Grid Carbon Net Ecosystem Exchange, Version 5. [Indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. doi: https://doi.org/10.5067/9IKKQ4BL3PK8. [Date Accessed].
