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Description

This data set contains Level-2 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

Geographic Region
GLOBAL LAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
ORBIT
Temporal Extent
2011-08-25 to 2015-06-07
Concept ID
C2770316046-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
20343
Processing Level
2
Science Keywords
Brightness Temperature ,
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 L2 Swath Single Orbit Soil Moisture, Version 5 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/GB6FZ0UPCOGP Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

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