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    • 3-hour, 1-km surface soil moisture dataset for the contiguous United States for 2021

    Metadata Updated: December 10, 2025

    We simulated a 3-hour, 1-km spatially seamless surface soil moisture (SSM) dataset (called STF_SSM) in the Contiguous United States (CONUS) using a virtual image pair-based spatio-temporal fusion method. This proposed approach effectively fuses the distinct advantages of two long-term SSM datasets, namely, the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) L4 SSM product and the Crop Condition and Soil Moisture Analytics (Crop-CASMA) dataset. The SMAP L4 product provides spatially seamless SSM observations with a 3-hour temporal resolution but at a 9-km spatial resolution, while the Crop-CASMA SSM dataset offers a finer spatial resolution of 1 km but has a daily temporal resolution and contains spatial gaps. By referring to the ground-based in-situ data, the mean correlation coefficients (CC) are 0.716 at the daily scale and 0.689 at the 3-hour scale. This dataset provides a critical data source for the calibration and validation of land surface models.

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    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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    Metadata Created Date September 13, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date December 10, 2025

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    Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 13, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date December 10, 2025
    Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
    Maintainer
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    Data Last Modified 2025-05-05T00:00:00Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
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