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The SMAP Project performs annual reprocessing of all its science data products based on improvements in the algorithms and supporting information. As part of this routine reprocessing, the SMAP Science… Read more »
Data Announcements: SMAP 
SMAP Data Delay
A software issue at the SMAP Science Data System (SDS) has been impacting the latency of all SMAP products. Due to the software issue, SMAP products cannot be produced automatically;… Read more »
New data product updates: New versions of SMAP Level-2 and -3 data products now available at NSIDC
The SMAP Project performs annual reprocessing of all its science data products based on improvements in the algorithms and supporting information. As part of this routine reprocessing, the SMAP Science… Read more »
Data set update: SMAPVEX16 Manitoba In Situ Vegetation Data, Version 1
The SMAPVEX16 Manitoba In Situ Vegetation Data, Version 1 data set available from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) has been updated…. Read more »
Data set update: SMAP Radiometer Twice-Daily rSIR-Enhanced EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperatures
The SMAP Radiometer Twice-Daily rSIR-Enhanced EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperatures, Version 2 data set accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), is… Read more »
User Notice: Resolution of Antenna Scan Angle Errors in SMAP Data at NSIDC DAAC
The issues causing Antenna Scan Angle (ASA) errors in the most recent re-processed SMAP data sets, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center… Read more »
Data set updates: SMAP Level-1, -2, and -3 shapefile, KML/KMZ, and GeoJSON spatial subsetting
Selected SMAP Level-1, -2, and -3 data sets, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), can now be subsetted for a… Read more »
User Notice: SMAP Level-1, -2, -3, and -4 data sets at NSIDC DAAC
Newly re-processed SMAP Level-1, -2, -3, and -4 data sets, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), contain antenna scan angle… Read more »
Level of service update: SMAPVEX19-21 Massachusetts and Millbrook Temporary Soil Moisture Network
The SMAPVEX19-21 Massachusetts and Millbrook Temporary Soil Moisture Network, Version 1 data sets, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), have… Read more »
New data set release: SMAPVEX19-21 Massachusetts Vegetation Optical Depth
The SMAPVEX19-21 Massachusetts Vegetation Optical Depth, Version 1 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). The goal of this… Read more »
