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O'Neill, P. E., Chan, S., Njoku, E. G., Jackson, T., Bindlish, R. & Chaubell, J. (2019). SMAP L2 Radiometer Half-Orbit 36 km EASE-Grid Soil Moisture. (SPL2SMP, Version 6). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/R50VUC07OM4W. [describe subset used if applicable]. Date Accessed 12-25-2024.

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Chan, S., Bindlish, R., O'Neill, P. E., Njoku, E. G., Jackson, T., Colliander, A., Chen, F., Burgin, M., Dunbar, S., Piepmeier, J. R., Yueh, S., Entekhabi, D., Cosh, M., Caldwell, T., Walker, J., Berg, A., Rowlandson, T., Pacheco, A., McNairn, H., Thibeault, M., Martinez-Fernandez, J., González-Zamora, A., Bosch, D., Starks, P., Goodrich, D., Prueger, J., Palecki, M., Small, E. E., Zreda, M., Calvet, J., Crow, W. T. & Kerr, Y.. 2016. Assessment of the SMAP passive soil moisture product. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 54. DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2016.2561938.

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