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Soil Moisture/Water Content Data Access and Tools

NASA has soil moisture and water content datasets that help researchers characterize the condition of soil around the world. Access a range of data and data tools such as the Soil Moisture Visualizer, Crop Condition and Soil Moisture Analytics (Crop-CASMA), and AppEEARS to make the most of soil moisture data.

Soil Moisture/Water Content Datasets

Dataset Version Sort ascending Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
SMAP Level 1A Radar Telemetry Product (Version 1) 1 SMAP SAR 2015-02-12 to 2021-11-04

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

Global Gridded Surfaces of Selected Soil Characteristics (IGBP-DIS) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1950-01-01 to 1996-12-31

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

ASCII Grid
The ABCflux Database: Arctic-Boreal CO2 Flux and Site Environmental Data, 1989-2020 1 MODELS, FIELD SURVEYS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS Computer, PROBES, THERMOMETERS, GAS SENSORS 1989-12-01 to 2020-09-30

N: 82.8225 S: 48.2167 E: 161.55 W: -165.62

CSV
SMAP/In Situ Core Validation Site Land Surface Parameters Match-Up Data V001 1 GROUND STATIONS, SMAP SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, SMAP L-BAND RADAR, SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER 2015-04-01 to 2021-03-31

N: 85.044 S: -85.044 E: 180 W: -180

ASCII
SMAP/CYGNSS EASE-Grid Soil Moisture V001 1 CYGNSS, SMAP DDMI, SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER 2017-04-01 to 2023-12-31

N: 40 S: -40 E: 180 W: -180

3 Kilometers x 3 Kilometers HDF5
STS-68_SLC 1 STS-68 SIR-C 1994-09-30 to 1994-10-12
LBA-ECO ND-02 Soil Gas and Water Content, Rainfall Exclusion, Tapajos National Forest 1 FIELD SURVEYS GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, TDR 1999-12-09 to 2002-06-14

N: -2.75 S: -2.75 E: -55 W: -55

CSV
SMAPVEX19-22 Millbrook Temporary Soil Moisture Network V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, THERMOMETERS 2019-05-01 to 2021-10-31

N: 42.03 S: 41.68 E: -73.44 W: -73.79

ASCII
SnowEx21 Prairie Station In Situ Dielectric Soil Moisture and Soil Temperature V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE 2020-11-05 to 2021-04-02

N: 47.065 S: 47.055 E: -109.946 W: -109.959

CSV
Biome-BGC: Terrestrial Ecosystem Process Model, Version 4.1.1 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2000-07-05 to 2000-07-05

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

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Soil Moisture/Water Content Data Tools

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Vertex Vertex is a graphical search interface for finding synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. Search and Discovery, Access, Downloading, Processing, Subsetting
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