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Description
This Level-1C (L1C) product contains calibrated, geolocated, time-ordered brightness temperatures acquired by the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) radiometer during 6:00 a.m. descending and 6:00 p.m. ascending half-orbit passes. SMAP L-band Level-1B brightness temperature data were resampled to an Earth-fixed, 36 km Equal-Area Scalable Earth Grid, Version 2.0 (EASE-Grid 2.0) in three projections: global cylindrical, north polar, and south polar. This L1C product is a gridded version of the SMAP Level-1B radiometer brightness temperature product.
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Changes to this version include:
Uses updated SPL1BTB V3 Validated data as input
Updated processing to produce SPL1CTB data files when partial half-orbit input files are present
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Chan, S., Njoku, E., & Colliander, A. (2016). SMAP L1C Radiometer Half-Orbit 36 km EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures, Version 3 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/E51BSP6V3KP7 Date Accessed: 2026-09-24
@misc{chan_njoku_colliander_2016,
title={SMAP L1C Radiometer Half-Orbit 36 km EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures, Version 3},
url={http://nsidc.org/data/SPL1CTB/versions/3},
DOI={10.5067/E51BSP6V3KP7},
publisher={NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center},
author={Chan, Steven and Njoku, Eni and Colliander, Andreas},
year={2016},
}
Chan, S., Njoku, E., & Colliander, A. (2016). SMAP L1C Radiometer Half-Orbit 36 km EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures, Version 3 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/E51BSP6V3KP7 Date Accessed: 2026-09-24
Chan, Steven, et al. “SMAP L1C Radiometer Half-Orbit 36 Km EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures, Version 3.” NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center, 2016, https://doi.org/10.5067/E51BSP6V3KP7. Date Accessed: 2026-09-24
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