Variables in this Dataset

/Ancillary_Data/landcover_class: Array of Bytes [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Ancillary_Data/landcover_class
long_name: An enumerated type that specifies the predominant surface vegetation found in the grid cell.
_FillValue: 254
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
/Ancillary_Data/surface_temperature: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Ancillary_Data/surface_temperature
long_name: Temperature at land surface based on ECMWF or NCEP.
units: degrees Celsius
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: -50.
valid_max: 60.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Ancillary_Data/vegetation_water_content_NDVI: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Ancillary_Data/vegetation_water_content_NDVI
units: kg/m**3
valid_min: 0.
long_name: Representative measure of water in the vegetation within the 3 km grid cell based on the normalized difference vegetation index.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_max: 10.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Ancillary_Data/normalized_difference_vegetation_index: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Ancillary_Data/normalized_difference_vegetation_index
long_name: Normalized difference vegetation index. A measure of the green character of vegetation. (IR-Red)/(IR+Red)
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: -999999.875
valid_max: 999999.875
_FillValue: -9999.
/Ancillary_Data/vegetation_water_content_RVI: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Ancillary_Data/vegetation_water_content_RVI
units: kg/m**3
valid_min: 0.
long_name: Representative measure of water in the vegetation within the 3 km grid cell based on the radar vegetation index.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_max: 10.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Ancillary_Data/bare_soil_roughness_tabular: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Ancillary_Data/bare_soil_roughness_tabular
long_name: Measure of soil roughness from tabular source.
units: meters
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 0.1000000015
_FillValue: -9999.
/Ancillary_Data/faraday_rotation_angle: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Ancillary_Data/faraday_rotation_angle
long_name: Faraday rotation angle
units: degrees
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: -90.
valid_max: 90.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Ancillary_Data/static_water_body_fraction: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Ancillary_Data/static_water_body_fraction
valid_min: 0.
long_name: The fraction of the area of the 3 km grid cell that is covered by static water based on a Digital Elevation Map.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/sigma0_vv_mean_fore: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/sigma0_vv_mean_fore
long_name: Mean of forward looking 1 km instrument resolution VV-pol Sigma0 in the 3 km Earth grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: -0.009999999776
valid_max: 10.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/kp_hh_aft: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/kp_hh_aft
long_name: Overall error measure for aft looking HH-pol Sigma0 within the 3 km cell based on Level 1C kp values, includes calibration, RFI and contamination effects.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/sigma0_xpol_mean_aft: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/sigma0_xpol_mean_aft
long_name: Mean of aft looking 1 km instrument resolution cross-pol Sigma0 in the 3 km Earth grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: -0.009999999776
valid_max: 10.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/kp_vv: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/kp_vv
long_name: Overall error measure for HH-pol Sigma0 within the 3 km cell based on Level 1C kp values, includes calibration, RFI and contamination effects.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/sigma0_hh_mean: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/sigma0_hh_mean
long_name: Mean of 1 km instrument resolution HH-pol Sigma0 in the 3 km Earth grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: -0.009999999776
valid_max: 10.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/earth_boresight_azimuth_fore: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/earth_boresight_azimuth_fore
units: degrees
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
long_name: Fore-looking azimuth of the antenna boresight vector on the Earth's surface relative to North within 3 km cell. - Level 1C azimuth is based on instrument coordinate system, not geographical North
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 359.9989929
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/sigma0_hh_std_dev_fore: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/sigma0_hh_std_dev_fore
long_name: Standard deviation of forward looking 1 km instrument resolution HH-pol Sigma0 in the 3 km Earth grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 5.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/kp_xpol_aft: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/kp_xpol_aft
long_name: Overall error measure for aft looking cross-pol Sigma0 within the 3 km cell based on Level 1C kp values, includes calibration, RFI and contamination effects.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/kp_xpol: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/kp_xpol
long_name: Overall error measure for HH-pol Sigma0 within the 3 km cell based on Level 1C kp values, includes calibration, RFI and contamination effects.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/altitude_std_dev: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/altitude_std_dev
long_name: The standard deviation of the Earth surface elevation within the 3km cell
units: meters
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1000.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/sigma0_hh_mean_fore: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/sigma0_hh_mean_fore
long_name: Mean of forward looking 1 km instrument resolution HH-pol Sigma0 in the 3 km Earth grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: -0.009999999776
valid_max: 10.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/sigma0_hh_mean_aft: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/sigma0_hh_mean_aft
long_name: Mean of aft looking 1 km instrument resolution HH-pol Sigma0 in the 3 km Earth grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: -0.009999999776
valid_max: 10.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/sigma0_vv_std_dev: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/sigma0_vv_std_dev
valid_min: 0.
long_name: Standard deviation of 1 km instrument resolution VV-pol Sigma0 in the 3 km Earth grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_max: 5.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/sigma0_xpol_std_dev_aft: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/sigma0_xpol_std_dev_aft
valid_min: 0.
long_name: Standard deviation of aft looking 1 km instrument resolution cross-pol Sigma0 in the 3 km Earth grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_max: 5.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/sigma0_hh_std_dev: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/sigma0_hh_std_dev
valid_min: 0.
long_name: Standard deviation of 1 km instrument resolution HH-pol Sigma0 in the 3 km Earth grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_max: 5.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/kp_vv_fore: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/kp_vv_fore
valid_min: 0.
long_name: Overall error measure for forward looking VV-pol Sigma0 within the 3 km cell based on Level 1C kp values, includes calibration, RFI and contamination effects.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/sigma0_vv_mean: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/sigma0_vv_mean
long_name: Mean of 1 km instrument resolution VV-pol Sigma0 in the 3 km Earth grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: -0.009999999776
valid_max: 10.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/sigma0_hh_std_dev_aft: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/sigma0_hh_std_dev_aft
long_name: Standard deviation of aft looking 1 km instrument resolution HH-pol Sigma0 in the 3 km Earth grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 5.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/sigma0_xpol_std_dev: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/sigma0_xpol_std_dev
long_name: Standard deviation of 1 km instrument resolution cross-pol Sigma0 in the 3 km Earth grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 5.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/sigma0_xpol_std_dev_fore: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/sigma0_xpol_std_dev_fore
valid_min: 0.
long_name: Standard deviation of forward looking 1 km instrument resolution cross-pol Sigma0 in the 3 km Earth grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_max: 5.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/sigma0_xpol_mean: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/sigma0_xpol_mean
long_name: Mean of 1 km instrument resolution cross-pol Sigma0 in the 3 km Earth grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: -0.009999999776
valid_max: 10.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/cell_radar_mode_flag: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/cell_radar_mode_flag
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s
flag_meanings: Receive_only_mode Cross_polarization_data_flag Cross_polarization_transition_flag
long_name: Bit flags that specify modes or conditions of radar instrument operation that impact the data represented in the Level 2 SM A Product.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
/Radar_Data/kp_vv_aft: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/kp_vv_aft
long_name: Overall error measure for aft looking VV-pol Sigma0 within the 3 km cell based on Level 1C kp values, includes calibration, RFI and contamination effects.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/earth_boresight_azimuth_aft: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/earth_boresight_azimuth_aft
units: degrees
valid_min: 0.
long_name: Aft-looking azimuth of the antenna boresight vector on the Earth's surface relative to North within 3 km cell. - Level 1C azimuth is based on instrument coordinate system, not geographical North
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_max: 359.9989929
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/kp_hh_fore: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/kp_hh_fore
long_name: Overall error measure for forward looking HH-pol Sigma0 within the 3 km cell based on Level 1C kp values, includes calibration, RFI and contamination effects.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/sigma0_xpol_mean_fore: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/sigma0_xpol_mean_fore
long_name: Mean of forward looking 1 km instrument resolution cross-pol Sigma0 in the 3 km Earth grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: -0.009999999776
valid_max: 10.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/sigma0_vv_std_dev_aft: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/sigma0_vv_std_dev_aft
long_name: Standard deviation of aft looking 1 km instrument resolution VV-pol Sigma0 in the 3 km Earth grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 5.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/kp_xpol_fore: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/kp_xpol_fore
long_name: Overall error measure for forward looking cross-pol Sigma0 within the 3 km cell based on Level 1C kp values, includes calibration, RFI and contamination effects.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/sigma0_vv_mean_aft: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/sigma0_vv_mean_aft
long_name: Mean of aft looking 1 km instrument resolution VV-pol Sigma0 in the 3 km Earth grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: -0.009999999776
valid_max: 10.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/sigma0_vv_std_dev_fore: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/sigma0_vv_std_dev_fore
valid_min: 0.
long_name: Standard deviation of forward looking 1 km instrument resolution VV-pol Sigma0 in the 3 km Earth grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_max: 5.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Radar_Data/kp_hh: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Radar_Data/kp_hh
valid_min: 0.
long_name: Overall error measure for HH-pol Sigma0 within the 3 km cell based on Level 1C kp values, includes calibration, RFI and contamination effects.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/soil_moisture_snapshot: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/soil_moisture_snapshot
long_name: Representative soil moisture measurement for the Earth based grid cell, retrieved using the snapshot algiorithm
units: cm**3/cm**3
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0.01999999955
valid_max: 0.5
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/distance_from_nadir: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/distance_from_nadir
long_name: The distance from the center of the 3 km EASE grid cell to the spacecraft's sub-nadir track on the Earth's surface.
units: meters
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 500000.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/sigma0_qual_flag_hh: Array of 32 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/sigma0_qual_flag_hh
long_name: Representative quality flags of horizontal polarization sigma0 measures in the grid cell
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
_FillValue: 4294967294
flag_masks: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, 32768, 65536, 131072, 262144, 524288, 1048576
flag_meanings: Mean_horizontal_polarization_quality_flag Forward_looking_horizontal_polarization_quality_flag Aft_looking_horizontal_polarization_quality_flag Mean_horizontal_polarization_range_flag Forward_looking_horizontal_polarization_range_flag Aft_looking_horizontal_polarization_range_flag Mean_horizontal_polarization_RFI_clean_flag Mean_horizontal_polarization_RFI_repair_flag Forward_looking_horizontal_polarization_RFI_clean_flag Forward_looking_horizontal_polarization_RFI_repair_flag Aft_looking_horizontal_polarization_RFI_clean_flag Aft_looking_horizontal_polarization_RFI_repair_flag Mean_horizontal_polarization_Faraday_Rotation_Flag Forward_looking_horizontal_polarization_Faraday_Rotation_Flag Aft_looking_horizontal_polarization_Faraday_Rotation_Flag Mean_horizontal_polarization_Kp_flag Forward_looking_horizontal_polarization_Kp_flag Aft_looking_horizontal_polarization_Kp_flag Mean_horizontal_polarization_null_value_flag Forward_looking_horizontal_polarization_null_value_flag Aft_looking_horizontal_polarization_null_value_flag
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/num_input_sigma0s_vv: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/num_input_sigma0s_vv
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 100
long_name: Total number of vertical polarization sigma0s from the Level 1C product that were used for retrievals in an EASE grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
_FillValue: 65534
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/num_input_sigma0s_hh: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/num_input_sigma0s_hh
long_name: Total number of horizontal polarization sigma0s from the Level 1C product that were used for retrievals in an EASE grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 100
_FillValue: 65534
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/EASE_row_index: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/EASE_row_index
long_name: The row index of the 3 km EASE grid cell that contains the associated data.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 65535
_FillValue: 65534
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/spacecraft_overpass_time_seconds: Array of 64 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/spacecraft_overpass_time_seconds
long_name: Number of seconds since midnight on 1/1/93 that represents the spacecraft overpass relative to ground swath.
units: seconds
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: -999999.90000000002
valid_max: 999999.90000000002
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/sigma0_qual_flag_vv: Array of 32 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/sigma0_qual_flag_vv
long_name: Representative quality flags of vertical polarization sigma0 measures in the grid cell
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
_FillValue: 4294967294
flag_masks: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, 32768, 65536, 131072, 262144, 524288, 1048576
flag_meanings: Mean_vertical_polarization_quality_flag Forward_looking_vertical_polarization_quality_flag Aft_looking_vertical_polarization_quality_flag Mean_vertical_polarization_range_flag Forward_looking_vertical_polarization_range_flag Aft_looking_vertical_polarization_range_flag Mean_vertical_polarization_RFI_clean_flag Mean_vertical_polarization_RFI_repair_flag Forward_looking_vertical_polarization_RFI_clean_flag Forward_looking_vertical_polarization_RFI_repair_flag Aft_looking_vertical_polarization_RFI_clean_flag Aft_looking_vertical_polarization_RFI_repair_flag Mean_vertical_polarization_Faraday_Rotation_Flag Forward_looking_vertical_polarization_Faraday_Rotation_Flag Aft_looking_vertical_polarization_Faraday_Rotation_Flag Mean_vertical_polarization_Kp_flag Forward_looking_vertical_polarization_Kp_flag Aft_looking_vertical_polarization_Kp_flag Mean_vertical_polarization_null_value_flag Forward_looking_vertical_polarization_null_value_flag Aft_looking_vertical_polarization_null_value_flag
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/sigma0_qual_flag_xpol: Array of 32 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/sigma0_qual_flag_xpol
long_name: Representative quality flags of cross polarization sigma0 measures in the grid cell
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
_FillValue: 4294967294
flag_masks: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, 32768, 65536, 131072, 262144, 524288, 1048576
flag_meanings: Mean_cross_polarized_quality_flag Forward_looking_cross_polarized_quality_flag Aft_looking_cross_polarized_quality_flag Mean_cross_polarized_range_flag Forward_looking_cross_polarized_range_flag Aft_looking_cross_polarized_range_flag Mean_cross_polarized_RFI_clean_flag Mean_cross_polarized_RFI_repair_flag Forward_looking_cross_polarized_RFI_clean_flag Forward_looking_cross_polarized_RFI_repair_flag Aft_looking_cross_polarized_RFI_clean_flag Aft_looking_cross_polarized_RFI_repair_flag Mean_cross_polarized_Faraday_Rotation_Flag Forward_looking_cross_polarized_Faraday_Rotation_Flag Aft_looking_cross_polarized_Faraday_Rotation_Flag Mean_cross_polarized_Kp_flag Forward_looking_cross_polarized_Kp_flag Aft_looking_cross_polarized_Kp_flag Mean_cross_polarization_null_value_flag Forward_looking_cross_polarization_null_value_flag Aft_looking_cross_polarization_null_value_flag
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/spacecraft_overpass_time_utc: Array of Strings [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/spacecraft_overpass_time_utc
long_name: Time of spacecraft overpass relative to ground swath in UTC.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/soil_moisture_snapshot_DVZ: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/soil_moisture_snapshot_DVZ
long_name: Representative soil moisture measurement for the Earth based grid cell, retrieved using the Dubois/van Zyl snapshot algorithm
units: cm**3/cm**3
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0.01999999955
valid_max: 0.5
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/num_input_sigma0s_xpol: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/num_input_sigma0s_xpol
long_name: Total number of cross polarized sigma0s from the Level 1C product that were used for retrievals in an EASE grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 100
_FillValue: 65534
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
long_name: Average in longitude of the 1km cells that contribute to 3km EASE grid cell. (temporary).
units: degrees_east
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude
units: degrees_north
long_name: Average in latitude of the 1km cells that contribute to 3km EASE grid cell. (temporary).
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/retrieval_qual_flag: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/retrieval_qual_flag
_FillValue: 65534
long_name: Bit flags that record the conditions and the quality of the soil moisture and the freeze-thaw retrieval for the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s
flag_meanings: Retrieval_recommended_flag Retrieval_attempted_flag Retrieval_success_flag Radar_water_body_detection_success_flag Freeze-thaw_retrieval_success_flag Radar_vegetation_index_retrieval_success_flag
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/radar_water_flag3: Array of Bytes [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/radar_water_flag3
long_name: Radar waterbody flag at 3km
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 255
_FillValue: 254
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/retrieval_qual_flag_kvz: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/retrieval_qual_flag_kvz
long_name: Bit flags that record the conditions and the quality of the soil moisture and the freeze-thaw retrieval for the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s
flag_meanings: Retrieval_recommended_flag Retrieval_attempted_flag Retrieval_success_flag Radar_water_body_detection_success_flag Freeze-thaw_retrieval_success_flag Radar_vegetation_index_retrieval_success_flag
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/soil_moisture_snapshot_shi: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/soil_moisture_snapshot_shi
long_name: Retrieved soil moisture for the Earth based grid cell, retrieved using the Shi snapshot algiorithm
units: cm**3/cm**3
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0.01999999955
valid_max: 0.5
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/soil_moisture: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/soil_moisture
units: cm**3/cm**3
valid_min: 0.01999999955
long_name: Representative soil moisture measurement for the Earth based grid cell retrieved using the time series algorithm
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_max: 0.5
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/soil_moisture_change_index: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/soil_moisture_change_index
long_name: Retrieved normalized change in soil moisture.
_FillValue: -9999.
units: cm**3/cm**3
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0.01999999955
valid_max: 0.5
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/bare_soil_roughness_retrieved: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/bare_soil_roughness_retrieved
long_name: Bare soil roughness measure retrieved using the active soil moisture algorithm.
units: meters
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 0.05000000075
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/soil_moisture_kvz: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/soil_moisture_kvz
long_name: Representative soil moisture measurement for the Earth based grid cell retrieved using the Kim/van Zyl time series algorithm
units: cm**3/cm**3
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0.01999999955
valid_max: 0.5
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/soil_moisture_error: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/soil_moisture_error
units: cm**3/cm**3
valid_min: 0.
long_name: Net uncertainty measure of soil moisture measure for the Earth based grid cell. - Calculation method is TBD. May be replaced by other quality indicators.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_max: 0.200000003
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/retrieval_qual_flag_change_index: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/retrieval_qual_flag_change_index
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
long_name: Bit flags that record the conditions and the quality of the soil moisture and the freeze-thaw retrieval for the grid cell.
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s
flag_meanings: Retrieval_recommended_flag Retrieval_attempted_flag Retrieval_success_flag Radar_water_body_detection_success_flag Freeze-thaw_retrieval_success_flag Radar_vegetation_index_retrieval_success_flag
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/num_time_series: Array of Bytes [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/num_time_series
long_name: The number of time-series data used to retrieve soil moisture in the corresponding grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 255
_FillValue: 254
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/EASE_column_index: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/EASE_column_index
long_name: The column index of the 3 km EASE grid cell that contains the associated data.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 65535
_FillValue: 65534
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/radar_vegetation_index: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/radar_vegetation_index
long_name: Vegetation index derived from radar backscatter
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 2.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/surface_flag: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..4871][ = 0..11567]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/surface_flag
long_name: Bit flags that record ambient surface conditions for the grid cell
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s, 64s, 128s, 256s, 512s, 1024s, 2048s, 32768s
flag_meanings: 3_km_static_water_body_flag 3_km_radar_water_body_detection_flag 3_km_coastal_proximity_flag 3_km_urban_area_flag 3_km_precipitation_flag 3_km_snow_or_ice_flag 3_km_permanent_snow_or_ice_flag 3_km_radar_frozen_ground_flag 3_km_model_frozen_ground_flag 3_km_mountainous_terrain_flag 3_km_dense_vegetation_flag 3_km_nadir_region_flag 9_km_nadir_region_flag