N: 86.4 S: -86.4 E: 180 W: -180
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Description
This Level-1B (L1B) product provides calibrated estimates of time-ordered geolocated brightness temperatures measured by the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) passive microwave radiometer. SMAP L-band brightness temperatures are referenced to the Earth's surface with undesired and erroneous radiometric sources removed.
Version Description
Changes to this version include:
- An improved calibration methodology was applied to Level-1 brightness temperatures, which uses:
* the internal instrument reference load (instead of the global ocean as in V4)
* deep space measurements during monthly cold sky maneuvers and special cold sky maneuvers with stable open-ocean background to concurrently retrieve all calibration parameters
* a longer temporal baseline of cold sky records.
For the full major and minor version history, go to https://nsidc.org/data/smap/version-history
Product Summary
Platforms
Instruments
Spatial Extent
Spatial Resolution
36 Kilometers x 47 Kilometers
Spatial Reference System(s)
WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2015-03-31 to 2023-12-04
Temporal Resolution
49 Minute
Concept ID
C2812934640-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
DEPRECATED
Number of Files/Granules
0
Processing Level
1B
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
ANTENNA TEMPERATURE
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Brightness Temperature
Citation
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Piepmeier, J., Mohammed, P., Peng, J., Kim, E., De Amici, G., Chaubell, J., & Ruf, C. (2020). SMAP L1B Radiometer Half-Orbit Time-Ordered Brightness Temperatures, Version 5 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ZHHBN1KQLI20 Date Accessed: 2026-08-27
@misc{piepmeier_mohammed_peng_kim_de amici_chaubell_ruf_2020,
title={SMAP L1B Radiometer Half-Orbit Time-Ordered Brightness Temperatures, Version 5},
url={http://nsidc.org/data/SPL1BTB/versions/5},
DOI={10.5067/ZHHBN1KQLI20},
publisher={NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center},
author={Piepmeier, Jeffrey and Mohammed, Priscilla and Peng, Jinzheng and Kim, Edward and De Amici, Giovanni and Chaubell, Julian and Ruf, Chris},
year={2020},
}
Piepmeier, J., Mohammed, P., Peng, J., Kim, E., De Amici, G., Chaubell, J., & Ruf, C. (2020). SMAP L1B Radiometer Half-Orbit Time-Ordered Brightness Temperatures, Version 5 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ZHHBN1KQLI20 Date Accessed: 2026-08-27
Piepmeier, Jeffrey, et al. “SMAP L1B Radiometer Half-Orbit Time-Ordered Brightness Temperatures, Version 5.” NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center, 2020, https://doi.org/10.5067/ZHHBN1KQLI20. Date Accessed: 2026-08-27
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