Name: Aquarius L3 Gridded 1-Degree Monthly Soil Moisture, Version 3
Creator: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Keywords: SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT

Aquarius L3 Gridded 1-Degree Monthly Soil Moisture, Version 3

Data set id:

AQ3_MOSM

DOI: 10.5067/Aquarius/AQ3_MOSM.003

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Bindlish, R. & Jackson, T. (2014). Aquarius L3 Gridded 1-Degree Monthly Soil Moisture. (AQ3_MOSM, Version 3). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/Aquarius/AQ3_MOSM.003. [describe subset used if applicable]. Date Accessed 11-22-2025.

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Version Summary

The Aquarius L3 Gridded 1-Degree Soil Moisture Version 3 data are processed from the Version 3 Aquarius L2 Swath Single Orbit Soil Moisture data.

Overview

This data set contains Level-3 gridded monthly global soil moisture estimates derived from the NASA Aquarius passive microwave radiometer on the Satélite de Aplicaciones Científicas (SAC-D).

Parameter(s):

SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT

Platform(s):

SAC-D

Sensor(s):

AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER

AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER

Data Format(s):

HDF

Temporal Coverage:

25 August 2011 to 30 April 2015

Temporal Resolution:

1 month

Spatial Resolution:

1 degree

1 degree

Spatial Reference System(s):

Not Specified

Spatial Coverage:

N:
90
S:
-90
E:
180
W:
-180

Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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This data set has been retired. There is a more recent version of these data.

Documentation

ATBDs

Aquarius Soil Moisture ATBD Users Guide, Version 2.0

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