SMAP L1B Radiometer Half-Orbit Time-Ordered Brightness Temperatures, Version 4
This Level-1B (L1B) product provides calibrated estimates of time-ordered geolocated brightness temperatures measured by the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) passive microwave radiometer. SMAP L-band brightness temperatures are referenced to the Earth's surface with undesired and erroneous radiometric sources removed.
There is a more recent version of these data.
Changes to this version include:
- Added procedure to correct brightness temperatures for water/land contamination near coastlines. New data fields for this correction include:
footprint_surface_status, surface_water_fraction_mb_h, surface_water_fraction_mb_v, tb_h_surface_corrected, and tb_v_surface_corrected. - Improved Level-1 calibration coefficients and reflected galaxy correction. To refine reflected galaxy correction over ocean, NOAA NCEP ocean roughness data have been added (wind_direction_ancillary, wind_speed_ancillary).
For the full major and minor version history, go to https://nsidc.org/data/smap/data_versions.
COMPREHENSIVE Level of Service
Data: Data integrity and usability verified; data customization services available for select data
Documentation: Key metadata and comprehensive user guide available
User Support: Assistance with data access and usage; guidance on use of data in tools and data customization services
|
Geographic Coverage |
Other Access Options
Close
Once you have logged in, you will be able to click and download files via a Web browser. There are also options for downloading via a command line or client. For more detailed instructions, please see Options Available for Bulk Downloading Data from HTTPS with Earthdata Login. Earthdata Search: This application allows you to search, visualize, and access data across thousands of Earth science data sets. Additional customization services are available for select data sets, including subsetting, reformatting, and reprojection. Worldview: This application allows you to interactively browse global satellite imagery within hours of it being acquired. You can also save it, share it, and download the underlying data. Subscription Service: Subscribe to have new data automatically delivered to you as they become available at NSIDC. Subscriptions apply only to future data as they are delivered to NSIDC; they cannot be used to receive data already in NSIDC's archive. |
As a condition of using these data, you must cite the use of this data set using the following citation. For more information, see our Use and Copyright Web page.
Piepmeier, J. R., P. Mohammed, J. Peng, E. J. Kim, G. De Amici, J. Chaubell, and C. Ruf. 2018. SMAP L1B Radiometer Half-Orbit Time-Ordered Brightness Temperatures, Version 4. [Indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. doi: https://doi.org/10.5067/VA6W2M0JTK2N. [Date Accessed].