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    • WindSat/Coriolis surface soil moisture (LPRM) L3 1 day 25 km x 25 km daytime V001 (LPRM_WINDSAT_DY_SOILM3) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: December 7, 2023

    WindSat/Coriolis surface soil moisture (LPRM) L3 1 day 25 km x 25 km daytime V001 is a Level 3 (gridded) data set. Its land surface parameters, surface soil moisture, land surface (skin) temperature, and vegetation water content, are derived from polarimetric microwave radiometer data from WindSat, onboard the Naval Research Laboratory's Coriolis satellite, using the Land Parameter Retrieval Model (LPRM). There are two files per day, one ascending (daytime) and one descending (nighttime), archived as two different products. This document is for the daytime product. The data set covers the period from February 2003 to July 2012.

    The LPRM is based on a forward radiative transfer model to retrieve surface soil moisture and vegetation optical depth. The land surface temperature is derived separately from the WindSat's Ka-band (37.0 GHz). A unique feature of this method is that it can be applied at any microwave frequency, making it very suitable to exploit all the available passive microwave data from various satellites.

    Input data are from the WindSat brightness temperatures (sdrLowRes) product, daytime passes, as processed using LPRM (i.e., LPRM/WindSat/Coriolis L2 product, LPRM_WINDSAT_SOILM2_V001).

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    References

    https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JF000769
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-008-9044-0
    https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JD010257
    https://doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2011.2114872
    https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-13-0200.1

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1488311742-GES_DISC
    Data First Published 2012-04-06
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2012-04-06
    Category NRL Coriolis, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Citation Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Richard de Jeu) and NASA GSFC (Manfred Owe). Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC) (Bill Teng). 2014-09-15. LPRM_WINDSAT_DY_SOILM3. Version 001. WindSat/Coriolis surface soil moisture (LPRM) L3 1 day 25 km x 25 km daytime V001. Greenbelt, MD, USA. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC). https://doi.org/10.5067/SZ5L2MRK43S2. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/LPRM_WINDSAT_DY_SOILM3_001.html.
    Creator Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Richard de Jeu) and NASA GSFC (Manfred Owe)
    Editor Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC) (Bill Teng)
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    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JF000769, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-008-9044-0, https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JD010257, https://doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2011.2114872, https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-13-0200.1
    Release Place Greenbelt, MD, USA
    Series Name LPRM_WINDSAT_DY_SOILM3
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    Source Hash a7691c91693d5e650d88b9e91f88575de54c7139c47a3dd524172acdd3e4b5f6
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    Temporal 2003-02-01T00:00:00Z/2012-08-01T23:59:59.999Z

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