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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

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LBA-ECO TG-07 Long-Term Soil Gas Flux and Root Mortality, Tapajos National Forest 1 LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION GC-FID, BALANCE, IR CO2 ANALYZER, AUTOANALYZER 2000-05-31 to 2001-07-14

N: -3.017 S: -3.017 E: -54.9707 W: -54.9707

CSV
LBA-ECO TG-07 Soil Trace Gas Flux and Root Mortality, Tapajos National Forest 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY BALANCE, THERMOMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, IRGA, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, GC-FID 2000-06-04 to 2001-05-15

N: -3.017 S: -3.017 E: -54.9707 W: -54.9707

CSV
LBA-ECO TG-07 Trace Gas Fluxes, Undisturbed and Logged Sites, Para, Brazil: 2000-2002 1 LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION GC-ECD, BALANCE, GC-FID, THERMOMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, IRGA 2000-01-19 to 2002-02-26

N: -3.017 S: -3.017 E: -54.9707 W: -54.9707

CSV
LBA-ECO TG-08 Soil Gas Flux after Forest and Pasture Fertilization, Rondonia, Brazil 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION SPECTROPHOTOMETERS, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, AUTOANALYZER, BALANCE, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, IRGA 1998-02-18 to 1999-03-10

N: -10.156 S: -10.156 E: -62.811 W: -62.811

CSV
LBA-ECO TG-08 Trace Gas Fluxes from Wetted Forest and Pasture Soils, Rondonia, Brazil 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION ION CHROMATOGRAPHS, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, BALANCE 1998-08-17 to 1999-08-23

N: -10.156 S: -10.156 E: -62.811 W: -62.811

CSV
LINKAGES: An Individual-based Forest Ecosystem Biogeochemistry Model 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS THERMOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES 1973-01-01 to 2008-12-31

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

multiple
MEaSURES_GLOBAL_WETLANDS_INUNDATION 1 Aqua AMSR-E 2002-01-01 to 2009-12-31
MERRA-2 tavg1_2d_lnd_Nx: 2d,1-Hourly,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Land Surface Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2T1NXLND) at GES DISC 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

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

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 tavgM_2d_lnd_Nx: 2d,Monthly mean,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Land Surface Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2TMNXLND) at GES DISC 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

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

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 tavgU_2d_lnd_Nx: 2d,diurnal,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Land Surface Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2TUNXLND) at GES DISC 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

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

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
NACP: Forest Carbon Stocks, Fluxes and Productivity Estimates, Western USA, 1979-2099 1 MODELS Computer 1979-01-01 to 2099-12-31

N: 49.0351 S: 31.1875 E: -101.961 W: -124.812

netCDF-4 classic
NACP MsTMIP: Global 0.5-degree Model Outputs in Standard Format, Version 1.0 1 MODELS Computer 1900-01-01 to 2010-12-31

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

netCDF-4 classic
NAMMA SENEGAL RADIOSONDE AND TOWER FLUX DATA V1 1 GROUND STATIONS, RADIOSONDES NET RADIOMETERS, GPS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, PRESSURE SENSORS, TELEMETER, TEMPERATURE SENSORS 2006-08-19 to 2006-09-17

N: 15.5 S: 13.91 E: 17.09 W: -17.97

ASCII
NASA Short-term Prediction Research and Transition (SPoRT) Land Information System (LIS) 1 COMPUTERS 1981-01-01 to 2025-12-31

N: 52.915 S: 24.396 E: -66.885 W: -124.925

ASCII, Binary, GRIB1, GRIB2
NASMo-TiAM 250m 16-day North America Surface Soil Moisture Dataset 1 COMPUTERS Computer 2002-06-26 to 2020-12-31

N: 82.7193 S: 14.5312 E: -39.9955 W: -180

COG
NCA-LDAS Noah-3.3 Land Surface Model L4 Daily 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NCALDAS_NOAH0125_D) at GES DISC 2.0 Noah-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1979-01-02 to 2016-12-31

N: 53 S: 25 E: -67 W: -125

0.125 Decimal Degrees x 0.125 Decimal Degrees
NCA-LDAS Noah-3.3 Land Surface Model L4 Trends 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NCALDAS_NOAH0125_Trends) at GES DISC 2.0 Noah-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1979-10-01 to 2015-09-30

N: 53 S: 25 E: -67 W: -125

0.125 Decimal Degrees x 0.125 Decimal Degrees
Near Real-time SMAP L2 Radiometer Half-Orbit 36 km EASE-Grid Soil Moisture V107 107 SMAP SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER 2025-06-26 to Present

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

36 Kilometers x 36 Kilometers HDF5
NISAR Beta Soil Moisture (Version 1) 1 NISAR L-SAR 2025-10-01 to Present

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

HDF5, XML, YAML
NISAR Level 3 Private Ephemeral Archive Data 1 NISAR L-SAR 2025-08-01 to Present

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

HDF5, XML, YAML
NISAR Level 3 Private Permanent Archive Data 1 NISAR L-SAR 2025-08-01 to Present

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

HDF5, XML, YAML
NLDAS Mosaic Land Surface Model L4 Hourly 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_MOS0125_H) at GES DISC 2.0 Mosaic-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1979-01-02 to Present

N: 53 S: 25 E: -67 W: -125

0.125 Decimal Degrees x 0.125 Decimal Degrees
NLDAS Mosaic Land Surface Model L4 Monthly 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_MOS0125_M) at GES DISC 2.0 Mosaic-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1979-01-01 to Present

N: 53 S: 25 E: -67 W: -125

0.124 Decimal Degrees x 0.125 Decimal Degrees
NLDAS Mosaic Land Surface Model L4 Monthly Climatology 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_MOS0125_MC) at GES DISC 2.0 Mosaic-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1981-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 53 S: 25 E: -67 W: -125

0.125 Decimal Degrees x 0.125 Decimal Degrees
NLDAS Noah Land Surface Model L4 Hourly 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_NOAH0125_H) at GES DISC 2.0 Noah-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1979-01-02 to Present

N: 53 S: 25 E: -67 W: -125

0.125 Decimal Degrees x 0.125 Decimal Degrees

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