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Data Sets
The following tables list the NASA Aquarius data products currently available from NSIDC, and related products.
Aquarius Soil Moisture Products
Data Set |
Data Coverage |
Data Resolution |
Parameters |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Temporal | Spatial | Temporal | ||
Aquarius L2 Swath Single Orbit Soil Moisture (AQ2_SM) |
Global | 25 August 2011 to present | 3 beams of spatial resolution 76 x 94 km (inner), 84 x 120 km (middle) 96 x 156 km (outer) | 7 days global coverage | Soil moisture estimate Brightness temperature at the surface Backscatter coefficient at the surface |
Aquarius L3 Gridded 1-Degree Daily Soil Moisture (AQ3_DYSM) |
Global | 25 August 2011 to present | 1 degree | Daily | Soil moisture |
Aquarius L3 Gridded 1-Degree Weekly Soil Moisture (AQ3_WKSM) |
Global | 25 August 2011 to present | 1 degree | Weekly | Soil moisture |
Aquarius L3 Gridded 1-Degree Monthly Soil Moisture (AQ3_MOSM) |
Global | 25 August 2011 to present | 1 degree | Monthly | Soil moisture |
Aquarius L3 Gridded 1-Degree Seasonal Soil Moisture (AQ3_SNSM) |
Global | 25 August 2011 to present | 1 degree | Seasonal | Soil moisture |
Aquarius L3 Gridded 1-Degree Annual Soil Moisture (AQ3_ANSM) |
Global | 25 August 2011 to present | 1 degree | Annual | Soil moisture |
Aquarius Polar-Gridded Products
Data Set |
Data Coverage |
Data Resolution |
Parameters |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Temporal | Spatial | Temporal | ||
Aquarius L3 Weekly Polar-Gridded Brightness Temperature and Sea Surface Salinity (AQ3_TB) |
Latitudes north of 50° N and south of 50° S | 25 August 2011 to present | 36 km | Weekly averages | Brightness Temperature
Sea Surface Salinity |
Aquarius L3 Weekly Polar-Gridded Normalized Radar Cross Section (AQ3_NRCS) |
Latitudes north of 50° N and south of 50° S | 25 August 2011 to present | 36 km | Weekly averages | Weekly Normalized Radar Cross Section Weekly Mean Scatterometer Ice Fraction |
Aquarius L3 Weekly Polar-Gridded Sea Surface Salinity (AQ3_SSS) |
Latitudes north of 50° N and south of 50° S | 25 August 2011 to present | 36 km | Weekly averages | Sea Surface Salinity |
