Independent Variables (Grids)

Time (time)	grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 2023) to (Apr 2025) by 1.0 N= 28 pts :grid
Longitude (longitude)	grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (179.875W) to (179.875E) by 0.25 N= 1440 pts :grid
Latitude (latitude)	grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (89.875S) to (89.875N) by 0.25 N= 720 pts :grid

Other Info

cdm_data_type

Grid

comment

This dataset was produced with funding of the Copernicus Climate Change Service implemented by ECMWF through C3S 312a Lot 7 & C3S2 312a Lot 4 Soil Moisture

contact

[email protected]

Conventions

CF-1.9

creator_email

[email protected]

creator_name

Earth Observation Data Centre (EODC)

creator_url

https://eodc.eu/

geospatial_lat_max

90.0

geospatial_lat_min

-90.0

geospatial_lat_resolution

0.25 degree

geospatial_lat_units

degrees_north

geospatial_lon_max

180.0

geospatial_lon_min

-180.0

geospatial_lon_resolution

0.25 degree

geospatial_lon_units

degrees_east

geospatial_vertical_max

0.0

geospatial_vertical_min

0.0

institution

TU Wien (AUT); VanderSat B.V. (NL)

key_variables

sm

keywords

soil moisture, soil water content, microwave remote sensing, active, passive, combined, climate data record

keywords_vocabulary

NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords

license

Copernicus Data License

naming_authority

TU Wien, EODC

platform

ERS-1, ERS-2, METOP-A, METOP-B

processing_level

Quality-controlled, super-collocated (L3S) Satellite Soil Moisture (SM) data from multiple sensors

product_version

v202212.0.0

project

C3S2 312a Lot 4 Soil Moisture

source

WARP 5.5R1.1/AMI-WS/ERS12 Level 2 Soil Moisture; WARP 5.4R1.0/AMI-WS/ERS2 Level 2 Soil Moisture; H115: Metop ASCAT Surface Soil Moisture Climate Data Record v5 12.5 km sampling, DOI: 10.15770/EUM_SAF_H_0006; H116: Metop ASCAT Surface Soil Moisture Climate Data Record v5 Extension 12.5 km sampling; H115: Metop ASCAT Surface Soil Moisture Climate Data Record v5 12.5 km sampling, DOI: 10.15770/EUM_SAF_H_0006; H116: Metop ASCAT Surface Soil Moisture Climate Data Record v5 Extension 12.5 km sampling; H115: Metop ASCAT Surface Soil Moisture Climate Data Record v5 12.5 km sampling, DOI: 10.15770/EUM_SAF_H_0006; H116: Metop ASCAT Surface Soil Moisture Climate Data Record v5 Extension 12.5 km sampling;

spatial_resolution

25km

standard_name_vocabulary

CF Standard Name Table v77

summary

This dataset was produced with funding of the Copernicus Climate Change Service implemented by ECMWF through C3S 312a Lot 7 & C3S2 312a Lot 4 Soil Moisture

title

C3S Satellite Surface Soil Moisture merged ACTIVE Product

References

https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.d7782f18; Dorigo, W.A., Wagner, W., Albergel, C., Albrecht, F., Balsamo, G., Brocca, L., Chung, D., Ertl, M., Forkel, M., Gruber, A., Haas, E., Hamer, D. P. Hirschi, M., Ikonen, J., De Jeu, R. Kidd, R. Lahoz, W., Liu, Y.Y., Miralles, D., Lecomte, P. (2017) ESA CCI Soil Moisture for improved Earth system understanding: State-of-the art and future directions. In Remote Sensing of Environment, 2017, ISSN 0034-4257, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2017.07.001; Gruber, A., Scanlon, T., van der Schalie, R., Wagner, W., Dorigo, W. (2019) Evolution of the ESA CCI Soil Moisture Climate Data Records and their underlying merging methodology. Earth System Science Data 11, 717-739, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-717-2019; Gruber, A., Dorigo, W. A., Crow, W., Wagner W. (2017). Triple Collocation-Based Merging of Satellite Soil Moisture Retrievals. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. PP. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2017.2734070

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