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Description

This data set contains Level-3 gridded seasonal global soil moisture estimates derived from the NASA Aquarius passive microwave radiometer on the Satélite de Aplicaciones Científicas (SAC-D).

Product Summary

Platforms
SAC-D
Instruments
AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
Geographic Region
GLOBAL LAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2011-08-25 to 2015-06-07
Concept ID
C2782405185-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
16
Processing Level
3
Science Keywords
Soil Moisture/Water Content

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Bindlish, R., & Jackson, T. (2018). Aquarius L3 Gridded 1-Degree Seasonal Soil Moisture, Version 5 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/O6J9L5JKD5YR Date Accessed: 2025-12-04

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