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:
• A new 1-km land-water mask based on the MODIS44w V6 data is used to determine land-water Tb corrections. The mask:
o more accurately portrays current coastal and inland water body boundaries
o adds an ice shelf type to determine an ice shelf fraction for a given footprint or grid cell, reflected in new data elements ice_shelf_fraction_h and ice_shelf_fraction_v
• The maximum Tb threshold has been reduced from 340K to 310K to further remove RFI contamination
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 Present
Temporal Resolution
49 Minute
Concept ID
C2938661904-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
118242
Processing Level
1B
Published
Science Keywords
Brightness Temperature
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Piepmeier, J., Mohammed, P., Peng, J., Kim, E., De Amici, G., Chaubell, J., & Ruf, C. (2023). SMAP L1B Radiometer Half-Orbit Time-Ordered Brightness Temperatures, Version 6 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/GWYQTF307Y9Y Date Accessed: 2026-08-01
Piepmeier, J., Mohammed, P., Peng, J., Kim, E., De Amici, G., Chaubell, J., & Ruf, C. (2023). SMAP L1B Radiometer Half-Orbit Time-Ordered Brightness Temperatures, Version 6 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/GWYQTF307Y9Y Date Accessed: 2026-08-01
Piepmeier, Jeffrey, et al. “SMAP L1B Radiometer Half-Orbit Time-Ordered Brightness Temperatures, Version 6.” NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center, 2023, https://doi.org/10.5067/GWYQTF307Y9Y. Date Accessed: 2026-08-01
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Documents
USER'S GUIDE
ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)
Publications Citing This Dataset
Filters
| Title | Year Sort ascending | Author | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detection and Flagging of Radio Frequency Interference Contamination in SMAP Ocean Observations | Meissner, Thomas, Manaster, Andrew | Brightness Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Salinity |
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