SMAP/Sentinel-1 L2 Radiometer/Radar 30-Second Scene 3 km EASE-Grid Soil Moisture, Version 1 (SPL2SMAP_S)
Data set:
SPL2SMAP_S
There is a more recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
First public data release (Beta)
Overview
This Level-2 (L2) soil moisture product provides estimates of land surface conditions retrieved by both the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) radiometer during 6:00 a.m. descending and 6:00 p.m. ascending half-orbit passes and the Sentinel-1A and -1B radar. SMAP L-band brightness temperatures and Copernicus Sentinel-1 C-band backscatter coefficients are used to derive soil moisture data, which are then resampled to an Earth-fixed, cylindrical 3 km Equal-Area Scalable Earth Grid, Version 2.0 (EASE-Grid 2.0).
Note: These data are Beta-release quality, meaning that they have not undergone full validation and may still contain significant errors.
Data Contributor(s):
Das, N., D. Entekhabi, S. Kim, S. Yueh, R. S. Dunbar, and A. Colliander.
Parameter(s):
BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE
SIGMA NOUGHT
SOIL MOISTURE
Platform(s):
SENTINEL-1A, SENTINEL-1B, SMAP Observatory
Sensor(s):
C-SAR, SAR, SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER
Data Format(s):
HDF5
Temporal Coverage:
1 April 2015 to 3 June 2018
Temporal Resolution:
30 second
Spatial Resolution:
3 km
3 km
Spatial Coverage:
N:
60
S:
-60
E:
180
W:
-180
Data Access & Tools
This data set has been retired. There is a more recent version of these data.
Documentation
User Guide
General Resources
Quality Assessment Reports
Product Specification Documents
Help Articles
How To
Many NSIDC data set web pages provide the ability to search and filter data with spatial and temporal contstraints using a map-based interface. This article outlines how to order NSIDC DAAC data using advanced searching and filtering.
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.
Data subscriptions are available for select NSIDC DAAC data collections (found below). Our subscription service automatically sends you new data as they are delivered from active NASA satellite missions.
This articles provides an example MATLAB snippet to read and plot SMAP/Sentinel-1 L2 Radiometer/Radar 30-Second Scene 3 km EASE-Grid Soil Moisture HDF5 soil moisture and brightness temperature data, as well as the related surface and quality flags.
NASA Earthdata Search is a map-based interface where a user can search for Earth science data, filter results based on spatial and temporal constraints, and order data with customizations including re-formatting, re-projecting, and spatial and parameter subsetting.
NASA Worldview uses the Global Imagery Browse Service (GIBS) to provide up to date, full resolution imagery for select NSIDC DAAC data sets (see attachments below).
NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) provides up to date, full resolution imagery for selected NSIDC DAAC data sets.
Getting started
The following table describes the data subsetting, reformatting, and reprojection services that are currently available for SMAP data via the NASA Earthdata Search, a Data Subscription, and Programmatic Access.