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SMAP-Derived 1-km Downscaled Surface Soil Moisture Product, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0779
DOI: 10.5067/U8QZ2AXE5V7B
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Initial release

Overview

This data product contains global daily 1 km resolution surface soil moisture derived from the SMAP L-band radiometer. Specifically, MODIS land surface temperature data is used with the SMAP Enhanced L2radiometer Half-Orbit 9 km EASE-Grid Soil Moisture product in a downscaling algorithm to estimate soil moisture. The data set is validated by in situ soil moisture measurements from dense soil moisture networks representing different global land cover types.
Parameter(s):
SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE
Platform(s):
SMAP
Sensor(s):
SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER
Data Format(s):
GeoTIFF
Temporal Coverage:
1 April 2015 to 29 June 2024
Temporal Resolution:
  • 1 day
Spatial Resolution:
  • 1 km
  • 1 km
Spatial Reference System(s):
WGS 84 / NSIDC EASE-Grid 2.0 Global
EPSG:6933
Spatial Coverage:
N:
86
S:
-86
E:
180
W:
-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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