SMAP L1A Radiometer Time-Ordered Parsed Telemetry, Version 2
Data set id:
SPL1AP
DOI: 10.5067/JGV8EY3FGAH1
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
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Version Summary
Changes to this version include:
- Transitioned to Validated-Stage 2
- Calibration parameters were adjusted to reduce calibration jumps and drift previously present in the Beta-release; as a result, calibration now meets its less than 0.4 K/month stability back to 31 March 2015
- Additional bit-error checking was performed on Level-0 instrument telemetry
For the full major and minor version history, go to https://nsidc.org/data/smap/version-history
Overview
Each Level-1A (L1A) granule incorporates all radiometer data downlinked from the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) spacecraft for one specific half orbit. The data are scaled instrument counts of the following:
- The first four raw moments of the fullband channel for both vertical and horizontal polarizations
- The complex cross-correlations of the fullband channel
- The 16 subband channels for both vertical and horizontal polarizations
Parameter(s):
SENSOR COUNTS
Platform(s):
SMAP
Sensor(s):
SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER
Data Format(s):
HDF5, HDF5
Temporal Coverage:
31 March 2015 to present
Temporal Resolution:
- 49 minute
Spatial Resolution:
- 40 km
- 40 km
Spatial Coverage:
N:
86.4
S:
-86.4
E:
180
W:
-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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