SMAP L2 Radar/Radiometer Half-Orbit 9 km EASE-Grid Soil Moisture, Version 2
Data set id:
SPL2SMAP
DOI: 10.5067/LZIP2VM2GIA5
There is a more recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
First public data release
Overview
This Level-2 (L2) soil moisture product provides gridded estimates of global land surface conditions retrieved by both the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) radar and radiometer during 6:00 a.m. descending half-orbit passes. Input SMAP L-band backscatter and brightness temperature data used to derive soil moisture are resampled to an Earth-fixed, global, cylindrical 9 km Equal-Area Scalable Earth Grid, Version 2.0 (EASE-Grid 2.0). A variety of ancillary data are also used as input, such as surface temperature, vegetation water content (VWC), and soil texture.
Note: These data are Beta-release quality, meaning that they have not undergone full validation and may still contain significant errors.
Parameter(s):
BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURESIGMA NOUGHTSOIL MOISTURE
Platform(s):
SMAP Observatory
Sensor(s):
SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER, SMAP L-Band Radar
Data Format(s):
HDF5, HDF5
Temporal Coverage:
13 April 2015 to 7 July 2015
Temporal Resolution:
- 49 minute
Spatial Resolution:
- 9 km
- 9 km
Spatial Coverage:
N:
85.044
S:
-85.044
E:
180
W:
-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
Data Access & Tools
This data set has been retired. There is a more recent version of these data.
Documentation
User Guide
ATBDs
General Resources
Quality Assessment Reports
Product Specification Documents
Help Articles
General Questions & FAQs
SMAP Ancillary data sets are used to produce SMAP Level-1, -2, -3, and -4 standard data products.
This short article describes the customization services available for SMAP data using Earthdata Search.
How to Articles
Many NSIDC DAAC data sets can be accessed using the NSIDC DAAC's Data Access Tool. This tool provides the ability to search and filter data with spatial and temporal constraints using a map-based interface.Users have the option to
To convert HDF5 files into binary format you will need to use the h5dump utility, which is part of the HDF5 distribution available from the HDF Group. How you install HDF5 depends on your operating system.
The following are instructions on how to import and geolocate SMAP Level-1C HDF5 data in ENVI.
Testing notes
Software: ENVI
Software version: 5.3 and above. If using version 5.3, service pack 5.3.1 is needed.
Platform: Windows 7
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