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SMAP Resources
Earthdata offers a range of resources for users working with Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) data. These include tutorials and other learning opportunities as well as related news, documents, and frequently asked questions.
Documents
| Name Sort descending | Description | File Type | Date Published | |
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| NASA/RSS SMAP Salinity: Version 5.0 Validated Release | NASA/RSS SMAP Salinity: Version 5.0 Validated Release | PDF (6.13 mb) | June 21, 2023 | |
| NASA/RSS SMAP Salinity: Version 6.0 Validated Release | NASA/RSS SMAP Salinity: Version 6.0 Validated Release - Release Notes | PDF (4.34 mb) | Jan. 18, 2024 | |
| SMAP Salinity and Wind Speed Data User Guide | SMAP Salinity and Wind Speed Data User Guide | PDF (5.94 mb) | Nov. 12, 2020 |
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SMAP Learning Resources
The Emergency Environmental Health Dashboard helped local communities assess water quality risks and infrastructure damage following Hurricane Helene and Tropical Storm Chantal.
Data in Action
Nov. 18, 2025
This ARSET training teaches participants how satellite-based Earth observations can inform landslide science and disaster planning.
Training
March 11-18, 2025
Can summer salinity values help better predict ice formation in the fall?
StoryMap
Jan. 22, 2025
Join us to learn more about datasets and tools that enable the harmonization of remote sensing and in situ ecological data products for site-based research.
Webinar
Aug. 22, 2024
Research shows that coastal sea surface temperatures could be used as a proxy for detecting changes that are expected in the cycling of water between the oceans and continents.
Data in Action
April 18, 2024
Learn more about NASA's Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS). This webinar showcases the system's capabilities and highlights learning resources to help simplify data access workflows using AppEEARS.
Webinar
April 9, 2024
The SASSIE project aimed to determine if sea surface salinity variations generated by summer sea ice melt are an important predictor for sea ice advance in the fall.
Data in Action
Jan. 30, 2024
This advanced-level training focuses on using remote sensing observations for monitoring post-fire impacts on watershed health.
Training
July 6-13, 2023
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SMAP News
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Who uses NASA Earth science data? David Mocko, for using land-surface models to study drought.
Data User Story
Dec. 22, 2020
NASA's SMAP team turns raw satellite data into more than a dozen data products for data users around the world.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
Ground validation campaigns connect the dots between what is being remotely-sensed by a satellite instrument and ongoing Earth processes.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
NASA’s global precipitation data and data processing systems have come a long way from the launch of TRMM in 1997 to the ongoing GPM mission.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
Data collected by the Saildrone unmanned surface vehicle have been turned into a new animation at NASA’s Physical Oceanography DAAC (PO.DAAC).
News
Nov. 4, 2020
Scientists at NASA's Short-Term Prediction Research and Transition (SPoRT) project use near real-time data to help the operational weather community with hurricane forecasting.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
New features in Worldview 1.4.0 (along with new imagery to view using Worldview) allow you to more easily and completely explore the planet using NASA Earth science data.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
Image of surface soil moisture on 24 March 2016 from the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite.
Worldview Image of the Week
Feb. 26, 2020
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