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Data Set:
Aquarius L3 Gridded 1-Degree Annual Soil Moisture, Version 5
Data Set ID:
AQ3_ANSM
Data Set Summary:
This data set contains Level-3 gridded annual global soil moisture estimates derived from the NASA Aquarius passive microwave radiometer on the Satélite de Aplicaciones Científicas (SAC-D).