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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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Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
GLDAS Catchment Land Surface Model L4 3 hourly 1.0 x 1.0 degree V2.0 (GLDAS_CLSM10_3H) at GES DISC Catchment-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1948-01-01 to 2014-12-31 GLOBAL LAND N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180
GLDAS Catchment Land Surface Model L4 3 hourly 1.0 x 1.0 degree V2.1 (GLDAS_CLSM10_3H) at GES DISC Catchment-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 2000-01-01 to Present GLOBAL LAND N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180
GLDAS Catchment Land Surface Model L4 daily 0.25 x 0.25 degree GRACE-DA1 V2.2 (GLDAS_CLSM025_DA1_D) at GES DISC Catchment-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 2003-02-01 to Present GLOBAL LAND N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180
GLDAS Catchment Land Surface Model L4 daily 0.25 x 0.25 degree GRACE-DA1 V2.2 (GLDAS_CLSM025_DA1_D_EP) at GES DISC Catchment-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 2020-01-01 GLOBAL LAND N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180
GLDAS Catchment Land Surface Model L4 daily 0.25 x 0.25 degree V2.0 (GLDAS_CLSM025_D) at GES DISC Catchment-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1948-01-01 to 2014-12-30 GLOBAL LAND N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180
GLDAS Catchment Land Surface Model L4 monthly 1.0 x 1.0 degree Early Product V2.1 (GLDAS_CLSM10_M_EP) at GES DISC Catchment-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 2019-12-01 GLOBAL LAND N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180
GLDAS Catchment Land Surface Model L4 monthly 1.0 x 1.0 degree V2.0 (GLDAS_CLSM10_M) at GES DISC Catchment-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1948-01-01 to 2014-12-31 GLOBAL LAND N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180
GLDAS Catchment Land Surface Model L4 monthly 1.0 x 1.0 degree V2.1 (GLDAS_CLSM10_M) at GES DISC Catchment-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 2000-01-01 to Present GLOBAL LAND N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180
GLDAS CLM Land Surface Model L4 3 hourly 1.0 x 1.0 degree Subsetted V001 (GLDAS_CLM10SUBP_3H) at GES DISC CLM-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1979-01-02 to 2020-03-31 GLOBAL LAND N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180
GLDAS Noah Land Surface Model L4 3 hourly 0.25 x 0.25 degree Early Product V2.1 (GLDAS_NOAH025_3H_EP) at GES DISC Noah-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 2019-12-01 to Present GLOBAL LAND N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180
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Featured Observation Method: SMAP
The Soil Moisture Active-Passive (SMAP) platform is a satellite that measures the surface moisture and freeze-thaw state of soil around the world approximately every three days. SMAP data contributes to understanding regional water cycles, ecosystem productivity, and natural processes involving water, energy, and carbon. SMAP's high-resolution data are helpful for weather, flood, and drought forecasting, and predicting agricultural productivity.

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GIBS now has Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) layers available for soil moisture and temperature, snow mass, heterotrophic respiration, and more.

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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