Variables in this Dataset

/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/albedo_scah: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/albedo_scah
valid_min: 0.
long_name: Diffuse reflecting power of the Earth's surface used in SCA-H within the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/albedo_scav: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/albedo_scav
long_name: Diffuse reflecting power of the Earth's surface used in SCA-V within the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/static_water_body_fraction: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/static_water_body_fraction
long_name: The fraction of the area of the 9 km grid cell that is covered by static water based on a Digital Elevation Map.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/soil_moisture_scav: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/soil_moisture_scav
long_name: Representative SCA-V soil moisture measurement for the Earth based grid cell.
units: cm**3/cm**3
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.01999999955
valid_max: 0.5
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/boresight_incidence: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/boresight_incidence
long_name: Representative angle between the antenna boresight vector and the normal to the Earth's surface for all footprints within the cell.
units: degrees
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 90.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/tb_time_utc: Array of Strings [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/tb_time_utc
long_name: Arithmetic average of the acquisition time of all of the brightness temperature footprints with a center that falls within the EASE grid cell in UTC.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/retrieval_qual_flag_dca: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/retrieval_qual_flag_dca
long_name: Bit flags that record the conditions and the quality of the DCA retrieval algorithms that generate soil moisture for the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s
flag_meanings: Retrieval_recommended Retrieval_attempted Retrieval_success FT_retrieval_success
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/vegetation_opacity: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/vegetation_opacity
long_name: The measured opacity of the vegetation used in the DCA retrieval in the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: -999999.875
valid_max: 999999.875
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/tb_qual_flag_h: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/tb_qual_flag_h
long_name: Bit flags that represent the quality of the horizontal polarization brightness temperature within each grid cell
_FillValue: 65534
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s, 64s, 128s, 256s, 512s, 1024s, 2048s, 4096s, 8192s, 16384s, 32768s
flag_meanings: Horizontal_polarization_quality Horizontal_polarization_range Horizontal_polarization_RFI_detection Horizontal_polarization_RFI_correction Horizontal_polarization_NEDT Horizontal_polarization_direct_sun_correction Horizontal_polarization_reflected_sun_correction Horizontal_polarization_reflected_moon_correction Horizontal_polarization_direct_galaxy_correction Horizontal_polarization_reflected_galaxy_correction Horizontal_polarization_atmosphere_correction Horizontal_polarization_Faraday_rotation_correction Horizontal_polarization_null_value_bit Horizontal_polarization_water_correction Horizontal_polarization_RFI_check Horizontal_polarization_RFI_clean
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/roughness_coefficient: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/roughness_coefficient
long_name: A unitless value that is indicative of bare soil roughness used in DCA within the 9 km grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/EASE_row_index: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/EASE_row_index
long_name: The row index of the 9 km EASE grid cell that contains the associated data.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_max: 1623
valid_min: 0
_FillValue: 65534
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/tb_h_uncorrected: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/tb_h_uncorrected
long_name: Horizontal polarization brightness temperature in 36 km Earth grid cell before adjustment for the presence of water bodies.
units: Kelvin
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 330.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/tb_v_corrected: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/tb_v_corrected
long_name: Vertical polarization brightness temperature in 9 km Earth grid cell adjusted for the presence of water bodies.
units: Kelvin
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 330.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/tb_4_corrected: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/tb_4_corrected
long_name: Fourth stokes parameter for each 9 km grid cell calculated with an adjustment for the presence of water bodies
units: Kelvin
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 330.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude_centroid: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude_centroid
long_name: Weighted average of the longitude of the center of the brightness temperature footprints that fall within the EASE grid cell.
units: degrees
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: -180.
valid_max: 179.9989929
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/vegetation_opacity_scah: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/vegetation_opacity_scah
long_name: The measured opacity of the vegetation used in the SCA-H retrieval in the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: -999999.875
valid_max: 999999.875
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/retrieval_qual_flag_scah: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/retrieval_qual_flag_scah
long_name: Bit flags that record the conditions and the quality of the SCA-H retrieval algorithms that generate soil moisture for the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s
flag_meanings: Retrieval_recommended Retrieval_attempted Retrieval_success FT_retrieval_success
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/roughness_coefficient_dca: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/roughness_coefficient_dca
long_name: A unitless value that is indicative of bare soil roughness used in DCA within the 9 km grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
HDF5_HARDLINK: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/roughness_coefficient
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
long_name: Longitude of the center of the Earth based grid cell.
units: degrees_east
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude
long_name: Latitude of the center of the Earth based grid cell.
units: degrees_north
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/retrieval_qual_flag: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/retrieval_qual_flag
long_name: Bit flags that record the conditions and the quality of the DCA retrieval algorithms that generate soil moisture for the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s
flag_meanings: Retrieval_recommended Retrieval_attempted Retrieval_success FT_retrieval_success
HDF5_HARDLINK: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/retrieval_qual_flag_dca
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/vegetation_water_content: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/vegetation_water_content
long_name: Representative measure of water in the vegetation within the 9 km grid cell.
units: kg/m**2
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 20.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/tb_v_uncorrected: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/tb_v_uncorrected
units: Kelvin
valid_min: 0.
long_name: Vertical polarization brightness temperature in 36 km Earth grid cell before adjustment for the presence of water bodies.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_max: 330.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/roughness_coefficient_scav: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/roughness_coefficient_scav
valid_min: 0.
long_name: A unitless value that is indicative of bare soil roughness used in SCA-V within the 9 km grid cell.
valid_max: 1.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/soil_moisture_scah: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/soil_moisture_scah
long_name: Representative SCA-H soil moisture measurement for the Earth based grid cell.
units: cm**3/cm**3
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.01999999955
valid_max: 0.5
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/surface_water_fraction_mb_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/surface_water_fraction_mb_h
long_name: Gain weighted fraction of static water within the radiometer horizontal polarization brightness temperature antenna pattern in 36 km Earth grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/roughness_coefficient_scah: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/roughness_coefficient_scah
long_name: A unitless value that is indicative of bare soil roughness used in SCA-H within the 9 km grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/soil_moisture: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/soil_moisture
long_name: Representative DCA soil moisture measurement for the Earth based grid cell.
units: cm**3/cm**3
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.01999999955
valid_max: 0.5
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/tb_3_corrected: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/tb_3_corrected
long_name: Third stokes parameter for each 9 km grid cell calculated with an adjustment for the presence of water bodies
units: Kelvin
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 330.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/tb_qual_flag_3: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/tb_qual_flag_3
long_name: Bit flags that represent the quality of the 3rd Stokes brightness temperature within each grid cell
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s, 64s, 128s, 256s, 512s, 1024s, 4096s, 16384s, 32768s
flag_meanings: 3rd_Stokes_quality 3rd_Stokes_range 3rd_Stokes_RFI_detection 3rd_Stokes_RFI_correction 3rd_Stokes_NEDT 3rd_Stokes_direct_sun_correction 3rd_Stokes_reflected_sun_correction 3rd_Stokes_reflected_moon_correction 3rd_Stokes_direct_galaxy_correction 3rd_Stokes_reflected_galaxy_correction 3rd_Stokes_atmosphere_correction 3rd_Stokes_null_value_bit 3rd_Stokes_RFI_check 3rd_Stokes_RFI_clean
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/tb_qual_flag_4: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/tb_qual_flag_4
long_name: Bit flags that represent the quality of the 4th Stokes brightness temperature within each grid cell
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s, 64s, 128s, 256s, 512s, 1024s, 4096s, 16384s, 32768s
flag_meanings: 4th_Stokes_quality 4th_Stokes_range 4th_Stokes_RFI_detection 4th_Stokes_RFI_correction 4th_Stokes_NEDT 4th_Stokes_direct_sun_correction 4th_Stokes_reflected_sun_correction 4th_Stokes_reflected_moon_correction 4th_Stokes_direct_galaxy_correction 4th_Stokes_reflected_galaxy_correction 4th_Stokes_atmosphere_correction 4th_Stokes_null_value_bit 4th_Stokes_RFI_check 4th_Stokes_RFI_clean
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/tb_h_corrected: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/tb_h_corrected
long_name: Horizontal polarization brightness temperature in 9 km Earth grid cell adjusted for the presence of water bodies.
units: Kelvin
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 330.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/surface_water_fraction_mb_v: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/surface_water_fraction_mb_v
long_name: Gain weighted fraction of static water within the radiometer vertical polarization brightness temperature antenna pattern in 36 km Earth grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/albedo: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/albedo
long_name: Diffuse reflecting power of the Earth's surface used in DCA within the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/grid_surface_status: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/grid_surface_status
long_name: Indicates if the grid point lies on land (0) or water (1).
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
_FillValue: 65534
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/tb_time_seconds: Array of 64 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/tb_time_seconds
long_name: Arithmetic average of the acquisition time of all of the brightness temperature footprints with a center that falls within the EASE grid cell in seconds since noon on January 1, 2000 UTC.
units: seconds
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: -999999.90000000002
valid_max: 940000000.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/vegetation_opacity_dca: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/vegetation_opacity_dca
long_name: The measured opacity of the vegetation used in the DCA retrieval in the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: -999999.875
valid_max: 999999.875
_FillValue: -9999.
HDF5_HARDLINK: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/vegetation_opacity
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/bulk_density: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/bulk_density
long_name: A unitless value that is indicative of aggregated bulk_density within the 9 km grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 2.650000095
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/soil_moisture_error: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/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.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_max: 0.200000003
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/radar_water_body_fraction: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/radar_water_body_fraction
long_name: The fraction of the area of the 9 km grid cell that is covered by water based on the radar detection algorithm.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/tb_qual_flag_v: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/tb_qual_flag_v
long_name: Bit flags that represent the quality of the vertical polarization brightness temperature within each grid cell
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s, 64s, 128s, 256s, 512s, 1024s, 2048s, 4096s, 8192s, 16384s, 32768s
flag_meanings: Vertical_polarization_quality Vertical_polarization_range Vertical_polarization_RFI_detection Vertical_polarization_RFI_correction Vertical_polarization_NEDT Vertical_polarization_direct_sun_correction Vertical_polarization_reflected_sun_correction Vertical_polarization_reflected_moon_correction Vertical_polarization_direct_galaxy_correction Vertical_polarization_reflected_galaxy_correction Vertical_polarization_atmosphere_correction Vertical_polarization_Faraday_rotation_correction Vertical_polarization_null_value_bit Vertical_polarization_water_correction Vertical_polarization_RFI_check Vertical_polarization_RFI_clean
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude_centroid: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude_centroid
long_name: Weighted average of the latitude of the center of the brightness temperature footprints that fall within the EASE grid cell.
units: degrees
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: -90.
valid_max: 90.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/EASE_column_index: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/EASE_column_index
long_name: The column index of the 9 km EASE grid cell that contains the associated data.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3855
_FillValue: 65534
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/surface_temperature: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/surface_temperature
long_name: Temperature at land surface based on GMAO GEOS-5 data.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 350.
_FillValue: -9999.
units: Kelvins
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/soil_moisture_dca: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/soil_moisture_dca
long_name: Representative DCA soil moisture measurement for the Earth based grid cell.
units: cm**3/cm**3
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.01999999955
valid_max: 0.5
_FillValue: -9999.
HDF5_HARDLINK: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/soil_moisture
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/retrieval_qual_flag_scav: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/retrieval_qual_flag_scav
long_name: Bit flags that record the conditions and the quality of the SCA-V retrieval algorithms that generate soil moisture for the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s
flag_meanings: Retrieval_recommended Retrieval_attempted Retrieval_success FT_retrieval_success
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/freeze_thaw_fraction: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/freeze_thaw_fraction
valid_min: 0.
_FillValue: -9999.
long_name: Fraction of the 9 km grid cell that is denoted as frozen. Based on binary flag that specifies freeze thaw conditions in each of the component 3 km grid cells.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_max: 1.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/surface_flag: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/surface_flag
long_name: Bit flags that record ambient surface conditions for the grid cell
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s, 64s, 128s, 256s, 512s, 1024s, 2048s
flag_meanings: 9_km_static_water_body 9_km_radar_water_body_detection 9_km_coastal_proximity 9_km_urban_area 9_km_precipitation 9_km_snow_or_ice 9_km_permanent_snow_or_ice 9_km_radiometer_frozen_ground 9_km_model_frozen_ground 9_km_mountainous_terrain 9_km_dense_vegetation 9_km_nadir_region
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/vegetation_opacity_scav: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/vegetation_opacity_scav
long_name: The measured opacity of the vegetation used in the SCA-V retrieval in the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: -999999.875
valid_max: 999999.875
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/albedo_dca: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/albedo_dca
long_name: Diffuse reflecting power of the Earth's surface used in DCA within the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
HDF5_HARDLINK: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/albedo
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/clay_fraction: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/clay_fraction
long_name: A unitless value that is indicative of aggregated clay fraction within the 9 km grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/albedo_scah: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/albedo_scah
valid_min: 0.
long_name: Diffuse reflecting power of the Earth's surface used in SCA-H within the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/albedo_scav: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/albedo_scav
long_name: Diffuse reflecting power of the Earth's surface used in SCA-V within the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/static_water_body_fraction: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/static_water_body_fraction
valid_min: 0.
long_name: The fraction of the area of the 9 km grid cell that is covered by static water based on a Digital Elevation Map.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/soil_moisture_scav: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/soil_moisture_scav
long_name: Representative SCA-V soil moisture measurement for the Earth based grid cell.
units: cm**3/cm**3
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.01999999955
valid_max: 0.5
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/boresight_incidence: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/boresight_incidence
long_name: Representative angle between the antenna boresight vector and the normal to the Earth's surface for all footprints within the cell.
units: degrees
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 90.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/tb_time_utc: Array of Strings [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/tb_time_utc
long_name: Arithmetic average of the acquisition time of all of the brightness temperature footprints with a center that falls within the EASE grid cell in UTC.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/retrieval_qual_flag_dca: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/retrieval_qual_flag_dca
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s
long_name: Bit flags that record the conditions and the quality of the DCA retrieval algorithms that generate soil moisture for the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
flag_meanings: Retrieval_recommended Retrieval_attempted Retrieval_success FT_retrieval_success
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/vegetation_opacity: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/vegetation_opacity
long_name: The measured opacity of the vegetation used in the DCA retrieval in the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: -999999.875
valid_max: 999999.875
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/tb_qual_flag_h: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/tb_qual_flag_h
_FillValue: 65534
long_name: Bit flags that represent the quality of the horizontal polarization brightness temperature within each grid cell
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s, 64s, 128s, 256s, 512s, 1024s, 2048s, 4096s, 8192s, 16384s, 32768s
flag_meanings: Horizontal_polarization_quality Horizontal_polarization_range Horizontal_polarization_RFI_detection Horizontal_polarization_RFI_correction Horizontal_polarization_NEDT Horizontal_polarization_direct_sun_correction Horizontal_polarization_reflected_sun_correction Horizontal_polarization_reflected_moon_correction Horizontal_polarization_direct_galaxy_correction Horizontal_polarization_reflected_galaxy_correction Horizontal_polarization_atmosphere_correction Horizontal_polarization_Faraday_rotation_correction Horizontal_polarization_null_value_bit Horizontal_polarization_water_correction Horizontal_polarization_RFI_check Horizontal_polarization_RFI_clean
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/roughness_coefficient: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/roughness_coefficient
long_name: A unitless value that is indicative of bare soil roughness used in DCA within the 9 km grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/EASE_row_index: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/EASE_row_index
long_name: The row index of the 9 km EASE grid cell that contains the associated data.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1623
_FillValue: 65534
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/tb_h_uncorrected: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/tb_h_uncorrected
long_name: Horizontal polarization brightness temperature in 36 km Earth grid cell before adjustment for the presence of water bodies.
units: Kelvin
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 330.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/tb_v_corrected: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/tb_v_corrected
long_name: Vertical polarization brightness temperature in 9 km Earth grid cell adjusted for the presence of water bodies.
units: Kelvin
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 330.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/tb_4_corrected: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/tb_4_corrected
long_name: Fourth stokes parameter for each 9 km grid cell calculated with an adjustment for the presence of water bodies
units: Kelvin
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 330.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude_centroid: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude_centroid
long_name: Weighted average of the longitude of the center of the brightness temperature footprints that fall within the EASE grid cell.
units: degrees
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: -180.
valid_max: 179.9989929
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/vegetation_opacity_scah: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/vegetation_opacity_scah
long_name: The measured opacity of the vegetation used in the SCA-H retrieval in the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: -999999.875
valid_max: 999999.875
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/retrieval_qual_flag_scah: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/retrieval_qual_flag_scah
long_name: Bit flags that record the conditions and the quality of the SCA-H retrieval algorithms that generate soil moisture for the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s
flag_meanings: Retrieval_recommended Retrieval_attempted Retrieval_success FT_retrieval_success
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/roughness_coefficient_dca: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/roughness_coefficient_dca
long_name: A unitless value that is indicative of bare soil roughness used in DCA within the 9 km grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
HDF5_HARDLINK: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/roughness_coefficient
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
long_name: Longitude of the center of the Earth based grid cell.
units: degrees_east
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude
long_name: Latitude of the center of the Earth based grid cell.
units: degrees_north
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/retrieval_qual_flag: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/retrieval_qual_flag
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s
long_name: Bit flags that record the conditions and the quality of the DCA retrieval algorithms that generate soil moisture for the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
flag_meanings: Retrieval_recommended Retrieval_attempted Retrieval_success FT_retrieval_success
HDF5_HARDLINK: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/retrieval_qual_flag_dca
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/vegetation_water_content: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/vegetation_water_content
long_name: Representative measure of water in the vegetation within the 9 km grid cell.
units: kg/m**2
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 20.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/tb_v_uncorrected: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/tb_v_uncorrected
long_name: Vertical polarization brightness temperature in 36 km Earth grid cell before adjustment for the presence of water bodies.
units: Kelvin
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 330.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/roughness_coefficient_scav: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/roughness_coefficient_scav
valid_min: 0.
long_name: A unitless value that is indicative of bare soil roughness used in SCA-V within the 9 km grid cell.
valid_max: 1.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/soil_moisture_scah: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/soil_moisture_scah
long_name: Representative SCA-H soil moisture measurement for the Earth based grid cell.
units: cm**3/cm**3
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.01999999955
valid_max: 0.5
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/surface_water_fraction_mb_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/surface_water_fraction_mb_h
long_name: Gain weighted fraction of static water within the radiometer horizontal polarization brightness temperature antenna pattern in 36 km Earth grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/roughness_coefficient_scah: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/roughness_coefficient_scah
long_name: A unitless value that is indicative of bare soil roughness used in SCA-H within the 9 km grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/soil_moisture: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/soil_moisture
long_name: Representative DCA soil moisture measurement for the Earth based grid cell.
units: cm**3/cm**3
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.01999999955
valid_max: 0.5
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/tb_3_corrected: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/tb_3_corrected
long_name: Third stokes parameter for each 9 km grid cell calculated with an adjustment for the presence of water bodies
units: Kelvin
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 330.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/tb_qual_flag_3: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/tb_qual_flag_3
long_name: Bit flags that represent the quality of the 3rd Stokes brightness temperature within each grid cell
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s, 64s, 128s, 256s, 512s, 1024s, 4096s, 16384s, 32768s
flag_meanings: 3rd_Stokes_quality 3rd_Stokes_range 3rd_Stokes_RFI_detection 3rd_Stokes_RFI_correction 3rd_Stokes_NEDT 3rd_Stokes_direct_sun_correction 3rd_Stokes_reflected_sun_correction 3rd_Stokes_reflected_moon_correction 3rd_Stokes_direct_galaxy_correction 3rd_Stokes_reflected_galaxy_correction 3rd_Stokes_atmosphere_correction 3rd_Stokes_null_value_bit 3rd_Stokes_RFI_check 3rd_Stokes_RFI_clean
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/tb_qual_flag_4: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/tb_qual_flag_4
long_name: Bit flags that represent the quality of the 4th Stokes brightness temperature within each grid cell
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s, 64s, 128s, 256s, 512s, 1024s, 4096s, 16384s, 32768s
flag_meanings: 4th_Stokes_quality 4th_Stokes_range 4th_Stokes_RFI_detection 4th_Stokes_RFI_correction 4th_Stokes_NEDT 4th_Stokes_direct_sun_correction 4th_Stokes_reflected_sun_correction 4th_Stokes_reflected_moon_correction 4th_Stokes_direct_galaxy_correction 4th_Stokes_reflected_galaxy_correction 4th_Stokes_atmosphere_correction 4th_Stokes_null_value_bit 4th_Stokes_RFI_check 4th_Stokes_RFI_clean
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/tb_h_corrected: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/tb_h_corrected
long_name: Horizontal polarization brightness temperature in 9 km Earth grid cell adjusted for the presence of water bodies.
units: Kelvin
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 330.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/surface_water_fraction_mb_v: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/surface_water_fraction_mb_v
long_name: Gain weighted fraction of static water within the radiometer vertical polarization brightness temperature antenna pattern in 36 km Earth grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/albedo: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/albedo
long_name: Diffuse reflecting power of the Earth's surface used in DCA within the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/grid_surface_status: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/grid_surface_status
long_name: Indicates if the grid point lies on land (0) or water (1).
valid_min: 0
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_max: 1
_FillValue: 65534
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/tb_time_seconds: Array of 64 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/tb_time_seconds
long_name: Arithmetic average of the acquisition time of all of the brightness temperature footprints with a center that falls within the EASE grid cell in seconds since noon on January 1, 2000 UTC.
units: seconds
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: -999999.90000000002
valid_max: 940000000.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/vegetation_opacity_dca: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/vegetation_opacity_dca
long_name: The measured opacity of the vegetation used in the DCA retrieval in the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: -999999.875
valid_max: 999999.875
_FillValue: -9999.
HDF5_HARDLINK: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/vegetation_opacity
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/bulk_density: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/bulk_density
long_name: A unitless value that is indicative of aggregated bulk_density within the 9 km grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 2.650000095
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/soil_moisture_error: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/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.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_max: 0.200000003
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/radar_water_body_fraction: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/radar_water_body_fraction
long_name: The fraction of the area of the 9 km grid cell that is covered by water based on the radar detection algorithm.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/tb_qual_flag_v: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/tb_qual_flag_v
long_name: Bit flags that represent the quality of the vertical polarization brightness temperature within each grid cell
_FillValue: 65534
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s, 64s, 128s, 256s, 512s, 1024s, 2048s, 4096s, 8192s, 16384s, 32768s
flag_meanings: Vertical_polarization_quality Vertical_polarization_range Vertical_polarization_RFI_detection Vertical_polarization_RFI_correction Vertical_polarization_NEDT Vertical_polarization_direct_sun_correction Vertical_polarization_reflected_sun_correction Vertical_polarization_reflected_moon_correction Vertical_polarization_direct_galaxy_correction Vertical_polarization_reflected_galaxy_correction Vertical_polarization_atmosphere_correction Vertical_polarization_Faraday_rotation_correction Vertical_polarization_null_value_bit Vertical_polarization_water_correction Vertical_polarization_RFI_check Vertical_polarization_RFI_clean
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude_centroid: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude_centroid
long_name: Weighted average of the latitude of the center of the brightness temperature footprints that fall within the EASE grid cell.
units: degrees
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 90.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/EASE_column_index: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/EASE_column_index
long_name: The column index of the 9 km EASE grid cell that contains the associated data.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3855
_FillValue: 65534
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/surface_temperature: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/surface_temperature
long_name: Temperature at land surface based on GMAO GEOS-5 data.
units: Kelvins
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 350.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/soil_moisture_dca: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/soil_moisture_dca
long_name: Representative DCA soil moisture measurement for the Earth based grid cell.
units: cm**3/cm**3
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.01999999955
valid_max: 0.5
_FillValue: -9999.
HDF5_HARDLINK: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/soil_moisture
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/retrieval_qual_flag_scav: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/retrieval_qual_flag_scav
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s
long_name: Bit flags that record the conditions and the quality of the SCA-V retrieval algorithms that generate soil moisture for the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
flag_meanings: Retrieval_recommended Retrieval_attempted Retrieval_success FT_retrieval_success
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/freeze_thaw_fraction: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/freeze_thaw_fraction
long_name: Fraction of the 9 km grid cell that is denoted as frozen. Based on binary flag that specifies freeze thaw conditions in each of the component 3 km grid cells.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/surface_flag: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/surface_flag
long_name: Bit flags that record ambient surface conditions for the grid cell
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s, 64s, 128s, 256s, 512s, 1024s, 2048s
flag_meanings: 9_km_static_water_body 9_km_radar_water_body_detection 9_km_coastal_proximity 9_km_urban_area 9_km_precipitation 9_km_snow_or_ice 9_km_permanent_snow_or_ice 9_km_radiometer_frozen_ground 9_km_model_frozen_ground 9_km_mountainous_terrain 9_km_dense_vegetation 9_km_nadir_region
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/vegetation_opacity_scav: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/vegetation_opacity_scav
long_name: The measured opacity of the vegetation used in the SCA-V retrieval in the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: -999999.875
valid_max: 999999.875
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/albedo_dca: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/albedo_dca
long_name: Diffuse reflecting power of the Earth's surface used in DCA within the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
HDF5_HARDLINK: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/albedo
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/clay_fraction: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/clay_fraction
long_name: A unitless value that is indicative of aggregated clay fraction within the 9 km grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/bulk_density_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/bulk_density_pm
long_name: A unitless value that is indicative of aggregated bulk density within the 9 km grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 2.650000095
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/boresight_incidence_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/boresight_incidence_pm
units: degrees
valid_min: 0.
long_name: Representative angle between the antenna boresight vector and the normal to the Earth's surface for all footprints within the cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_max: 90.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/EASE_row_index_pm: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/EASE_row_index_pm
long_name: The row index of the 9 km EASE grid cell that contains the associated data.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1623
_FillValue: 65534
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/static_water_body_fraction_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/static_water_body_fraction_pm
valid_min: 0.
long_name: The fraction of the area of the 9 km grid cell that is covered by static water based on a Digital Elevation Map.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/freeze_thaw_fraction_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/freeze_thaw_fraction_pm
long_name: Fraction of the 9 km grid cell that is denoted as frozen. Based on binary flag that specifies freeze thaw conditions in each of the component 3 km grid cells.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/roughness_coefficient_dca_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/roughness_coefficient_dca_pm
long_name: A unitless value that is indicative of bare soil roughness used in DCA retrievals within the 9 km grid cell.
valid_min: 0.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/roughness_coefficient_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/roughness_coefficient_pm
long_name: A unitless value that is indicative of bare soil roughness used in DCA retrievals within the 9 km grid cell.
valid_min: 0.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
HDF5_HARDLINK: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/roughness_coefficient_dca_pm
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/surface_flag_pm: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/surface_flag_pm
long_name: Bit flags that record ambient surface conditions for the grid cell
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s, 64s, 128s, 256s, 512s, 1024s, 2048s
flag_meanings: 9_km_static_water_body 9_km_radar_water_body_detection 9_km_coastal_proximity 9_km_urban_area 9_km_precipitation 9_km_snow_or_ice 9_km_permanent_snow_or_ice 9_km_radar_frozen_ground 9_km_model_frozen_ground 9_km_mountainous_terrain 9_km_dense_vegetation 9_km_nadir_region
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/retrieval_qual_flag_pm: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/retrieval_qual_flag_pm
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s
long_name: Bit flags that record the conditions and the quality of the DCA retrieval algorithms that generate soil moisture for the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
flag_meanings: Retrieval_recommended Retrieval_attempted Retrieval_success FT_retrieval_success
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/tb_h_corrected_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/tb_h_corrected_pm
long_name: Horizontal polarization brightness temperature in 9 km Earth grid cell adjusted for the presence of water bodies.
units: Kelvin
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 330.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/retrieval_qual_flag_scav_pm: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/retrieval_qual_flag_scav_pm
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s
long_name: Bit flags that record the conditions and the quality of the SCA-V retrieval algorithms that generate soil moisture for the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
flag_meanings: Retrieval_recommended Retrieval_attempted Retrieval_success FT_retrieval_success
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/soil_moisture_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/soil_moisture_pm
long_name: Representative DCA soil moisture measurement for the Earth based grid cell.
units: cm**3/cm**3
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.01999999955
valid_max: 0.5
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/albedo_scav_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/albedo_scav_pm
valid_min: 0.
long_name: Diffuse reflecting power of the Earth's surface used in SCA-V retrievals within the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/surface_water_fraction_mb_v_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/surface_water_fraction_mb_v_pm
long_name: Gain weighted fraction of static water within the radiometer vertical polarization brightness temperature antenna pattern in 36 km Earth grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/roughness_coefficient_scav_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/roughness_coefficient_scav_pm
long_name: A unitless value that is indicative of bare soil roughness used in SCA-V retrievals within the 9 km grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/tb_qual_flag_4_pm: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/tb_qual_flag_4_pm
long_name: Bit flags that represent the quality of the 4th Stokes brightness temperature within each grid cell
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s, 64s, 128s, 256s, 512s, 1024s, 4096s, 16384s, 32768s
flag_meanings: 4th_Stokes_quality 4th_Stokes_range 4th_Stokes_RFI_detection 4th_Stokes_RFI_correction 4th_Stokes_NEDT 4th_Stokes_direct_sun_correction 4th_Stokes_reflected_sun_correction 4th_Stokes_reflected_moon_correction 4th_Stokes_direct_galaxy_correction 4th_Stokes_reflected_galaxy_correction 4th_Stokes_atmosphere_correction 4th_Stokes_null_value_bit 4th_Stokes_RFI_check 4th_Stokes_RFI_clean
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/tb_3_corrected_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/tb_3_corrected_pm
long_name: Third stokes parameter for each 9 km grid cell calculated with an adjustment for the presence of water bodies
units: Kelvin
valid_min: 0.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_max: 330.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/retrieval_qual_flag_dca_pm: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/retrieval_qual_flag_dca_pm
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s
long_name: Bit flags that record the conditions and the quality of the DCA retrieval algorithms that generate soil moisture for the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
flag_meanings: Retrieval_recommended Retrieval_attempted Retrieval_success FT_retrieval_success
HDF5_HARDLINK: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/retrieval_qual_flag_pm
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/soil_moisture_scav_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/soil_moisture_scav_pm
long_name: Representative SCA-V soil moisture measurement for the Earth based grid cell.
units: cm**3/cm**3
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.01999999955
valid_max: 0.5
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/retrieval_qual_flag_scah_pm: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/retrieval_qual_flag_scah_pm
long_name: Bit flags that record the conditions and the quality of the SCA-H retrieval algorithms that generate soil moisture for the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s
flag_meanings: Retrieval_recommended Retrieval_attempted Retrieval_success FT_retrieval_success
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/vegetation_opacity_scah_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/vegetation_opacity_scah_pm
long_name: The measured opacity of the vegetation used in SCA-H retrievals in the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: -999999.875
valid_max: 999999.875
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/tb_v_uncorrected_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/tb_v_uncorrected_pm
long_name: Vertical polarization brightness temperature in 36 km Earth grid cell before adjustment for the presence of water bodies.
units: Kelvin
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 330.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/roughness_coefficient_scah_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/roughness_coefficient_scah_pm
long_name: A unitless value that is indicative of bare soil roughness used in SCA-H retrievals within the 9 km grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/tb_qual_flag_h_pm: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/tb_qual_flag_h_pm
long_name: Bit flags that represent the quality of the horizontal polarization brightness temperature within each grid cell
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s, 64s, 128s, 256s, 512s, 1024s, 2048s, 4096s, 8192s, 16384s, 32768s
flag_meanings: Horizontal_polarization_quality Horizontal_polarization_range Horizontal_polarization_RFI_detection Horizontal_polarization_RFI_correction Horizontal_polarization_NEDT Horizontal_polarization_direct_sun_correction Horizontal_polarization_reflected_sun_correction Horizontal_polarization_reflected_moon_correction Horizontal_polarization_direct_galaxy_correction Horizontal_polarization_reflected_galaxy_correction Horizontal_polarization_atmosphere_correction Horizontal_polarization_Faraday_rotation_correction Horizontal_polarization_null_value_bit Horizontal_polarization_water_correction Horizontal_polarization_RFI_check Horizontal_polarization_RFI_clean
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/clay_fraction_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/clay_fraction_pm
long_name: A unitless value that is indicative of aggregated clay fraction within the 9 km grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/latitude_centroid_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/latitude_centroid_pm
units: degrees
valid_min: -90.
long_name: Weighted average of the latitude of the center of the brightness temperature footprints that fall within the EASE grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_max: 90.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/EASE_column_index_pm: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/EASE_column_index_pm
long_name: The column index of the 9 km EASE grid cell that contains the associated data.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3855
_FillValue: 65534
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/tb_time_seconds_pm: Array of 64 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/tb_time_seconds_pm
long_name: Arithmetic average of the acquisition time of all of the brightness temperature footprints with a center that falls within the EASE grid cell in seconds since noon on January 1, 2000 UTC.
units: seconds
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: -999999.90000000002
valid_max: 940000000.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/tb_4_corrected_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/tb_4_corrected_pm
long_name: Fourth stokes parameter for each 9 km grid cell calculated with an adjustment for the presence of water bodies
units: Kelvin
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 330.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/soil_moisture_error_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/soil_moisture_error_pm
long_name: Net uncertainty measure of soil moisture measure for the Earth based grid cell. - Calculation method is TBD.
units: cm**3/cm**3
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 0.200000003
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/tb_time_utc_pm: Array of Strings [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/tb_time_utc_pm
long_name: Arithmetic average of the acquisition time of all of the brightness temperature footprints with a center that falls within the EASE grid cell in UTC.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/albedo_dca_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/albedo_dca_pm
long_name: Diffuse reflecting power of the Earth's surface used in DCA retrievals within the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/longitude_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/longitude_pm
long_name: Longitude of the center of the Earth based grid cell.
units: degrees_east
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: -180.
valid_max: 179.9989929
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/tb_qual_flag_3_pm: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/tb_qual_flag_3_pm
long_name: Bit flags that represent the quality of the 3rd Stokes brightness temperature within each grid cell
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s, 64s, 128s, 256s, 512s, 1024s, 4096s, 16384s, 32768s
flag_meanings: 3rd_Stokes_quality 3rd_Stokes_range 3rd_Stokes_RFI_detection 3rd_Stokes_RFI_correction 3rd_Stokes_NEDT 3rd_Stokes_direct_sun_correction 3rd_Stokes_reflected_sun_correction 3rd_Stokes_reflected_moon_correction 3rd_Stokes_direct_galaxy_correction 3rd_Stokes_reflected_galaxy_correction 3rd_Stokes_atmosphere_correction 3rd_Stokes_null_value_bit 3rd_Stokes_RFI_check 3rd_Stokes_RFI_clean
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/vegetation_opacity_dca_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/vegetation_opacity_dca_pm
long_name: The measured opacity of the vegetation used in DCA retrievals in the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: -999999.875
valid_max: 999999.875
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/tb_qual_flag_v_pm: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/tb_qual_flag_v_pm
long_name: Bit flags that represent the quality of the vertical polarization brightness temperature within each grid cell
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s, 64s, 128s, 256s, 512s, 1024s, 2048s, 4096s, 8192s, 16384s, 32768s
flag_meanings: Vertical_polarization_quality Vertical_polarization_range Vertical_polarization_RFI_detection Vertical_polarization_RFI_correction Vertical_polarization_NEDT Vertical_polarization_direct_sun_correction Vertical_polarization_reflected_sun_correction Vertical_polarization_reflected_moon_correction Vertical_polarization_direct_galaxy_correction Vertical_polarization_reflected_galaxy_correction Vertical_polarization_atmosphere_correction Vertical_polarization_Faraday_rotation_correction Vertical_polarization_null_value_bit Vertical_polarization_water_correction Vertical_polarization_RFI_check Vertical_polarization_RFI_clean
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/radar_water_body_fraction_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/radar_water_body_fraction_pm
valid_min: 0.
long_name: The fraction of the area of the 9 km grid cell that is covered by water based on the radar detection algorithm.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/soil_moisture_scah_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/soil_moisture_scah_pm
long_name: Representative SCA-H soil moisture measurement for the Earth based grid cell.
units: cm**3/cm**3
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.01999999955
valid_max: 0.5
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/soil_moisture_dca_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/soil_moisture_dca_pm
long_name: Representative DCA soil moisture measurement for the Earth based grid cell.
units: cm**3/cm**3
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.01999999955
valid_max: 0.5
_FillValue: -9999.
HDF5_HARDLINK: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/soil_moisture_pm
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/vegetation_opacity_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/vegetation_opacity_pm
long_name: The measured opacity of the vegetation used in DCA retrievals in the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: -999999.875
valid_max: 999999.875
_FillValue: -9999.
HDF5_HARDLINK: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/vegetation_opacity_dca_pm
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/surface_water_fraction_mb_h_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/surface_water_fraction_mb_h_pm
long_name: Gain weighted fraction of static water within the radiometer horizontal polarization brightness temperature antenna pattern in 36 km Earth grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/longitude_centroid_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/longitude_centroid_pm
long_name: Weighted average of the longitude of the center of the brightness temperature footprints that fall within the EASE grid cell.
units: degrees
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: -180.
valid_max: 179.9989929
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/albedo_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/albedo_pm
long_name: Diffuse reflecting power of the Earth's surface used in DCA retrievals within the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
HDF5_HARDLINK: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/albedo_dca_pm
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/vegetation_water_content_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/vegetation_water_content_pm
long_name: Representative measure of water in the vegetation within the 9 km grid cell.
units: kg/m**2
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 20.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/albedo_scah_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/albedo_scah_pm
long_name: Diffuse reflecting power of the Earth's surface used in SCA-H retrievals within the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/tb_h_uncorrected_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/tb_h_uncorrected_pm
long_name: Horizontal polarization brightness temperature in 36 km Earth grid cell before adjustment for the presence of water bodies.
units: Kelvin
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 330.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/latitude_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/latitude_pm
long_name: Latitude of the center of the Earth based grid cell.
units: degrees_north
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: -90.
valid_max: 90.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/tb_v_corrected_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/tb_v_corrected_pm
long_name: Vertical polarization brightness temperature in 9 km Earth grid cell adjusted for the presence of water bodies.
units: Kelvin
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 330.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/vegetation_opacity_scav_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/vegetation_opacity_scav_pm
long_name: The measured opacity of the vegetation used in SCA-V retrievals in the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: -999999.875
valid_max: 999999.875
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/grid_surface_status_pm: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/grid_surface_status_pm
long_name: Indicates if the grid point lies on land (0) or water (1).
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
_FillValue: 65534
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/surface_temperature_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1623][ = 0..3855]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_PM/surface_temperature_pm
long_name: Temperature at land surface based on GMAO GEOS-5 data.
units: Kelvins
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 350.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/bulk_density_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/bulk_density_pm
long_name: A unitless value that is indicative of aggregated bulk density within the 9 km grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 2.650000095
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/boresight_incidence_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/boresight_incidence_pm
long_name: Representative angle between the antenna boresight vector and the normal to the Earth's surface for all footprints within the cell.
units: degrees
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 90.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/EASE_row_index_pm: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/EASE_row_index_pm
long_name: The row index of the 9 km EASE grid cell that contains the associated data.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1623
_FillValue: 65534
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/static_water_body_fraction_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/static_water_body_fraction_pm
long_name: The fraction of the area of the 9 km grid cell that is covered by static water based on a Digital Elevation Map.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/freeze_thaw_fraction_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/freeze_thaw_fraction_pm
long_name: Fraction of the 9 km grid cell that is denoted as frozen. Based on binary flag that specifies freeze thaw conditions in each of the component 3 km grid cells.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/roughness_coefficient_dca_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/roughness_coefficient_dca_pm
long_name: A unitless value that is indicative of bare soil roughness used in DCA retrievals within the 9 km grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/roughness_coefficient_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/roughness_coefficient_pm
long_name: A unitless value that is indicative of bare soil roughness used in DCA retrievals within the 9 km grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
HDF5_HARDLINK: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/roughness_coefficient_dca_pm
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/surface_flag_pm: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/surface_flag_pm
long_name: Bit flags that record ambient surface conditions for the grid cell
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s, 64s, 128s, 256s, 512s, 1024s, 2048s
flag_meanings: 9_km_static_water_body 9_km_radar_water_body_detection 9_km_coastal_proximity 9_km_urban_area 9_km_precipitation 9_km_snow_or_ice 9_km_permanent_snow_or_ice 9_km_radar_frozen_ground 9_km_model_frozen_ground 9_km_mountainous_terrain 9_km_dense_vegetation 9_km_nadir_region
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/retrieval_qual_flag_pm: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/retrieval_qual_flag_pm
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s
long_name: Bit flags that record the conditions and the quality of the DCA retrieval algorithms that generate soil moisture for the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
flag_meanings: Retrieval_recommended Retrieval_attempted Retrieval_success FT_retrieval_success
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/tb_h_corrected_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/tb_h_corrected_pm
long_name: Horizontal polarization brightness temperature in 9 km Earth grid cell adjusted for the presence of water bodies.
units: Kelvin
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 330.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/retrieval_qual_flag_scav_pm: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/retrieval_qual_flag_scav_pm
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s
long_name: Bit flags that record the conditions and the quality of the SCA-V retrieval algorithms that generate soil moisture for the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
flag_meanings: Retrieval_recommended Retrieval_attempted Retrieval_success FT_retrieval_success
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/soil_moisture_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/soil_moisture_pm
long_name: Representative DCA soil moisture measurement for the Earth based grid cell.
units: cm**3/cm**3
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.01999999955
valid_max: 0.5
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/albedo_scav_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/albedo_scav_pm
long_name: Diffuse reflecting power of the Earth's surface used in SCA-V retrievals within the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/surface_water_fraction_mb_v_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/surface_water_fraction_mb_v_pm
long_name: Gain weighted fraction of static water within the radiometer vertical polarization brightness temperature antenna pattern in 36 km Earth grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/roughness_coefficient_scav_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/roughness_coefficient_scav_pm
long_name: A unitless value that is indicative of bare soil roughness used in SCA-V retrievals within the 9 km grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/tb_qual_flag_4_pm: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/tb_qual_flag_4_pm
long_name: Bit flags that represent the quality of the 4th Stokes brightness temperature within each grid cell
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s, 64s, 128s, 256s, 512s, 1024s, 4096s, 16384s, 32768s
flag_meanings: 4th_Stokes_quality 4th_Stokes_range 4th_Stokes_RFI_detection 4th_Stokes_RFI_correction 4th_Stokes_NEDT 4th_Stokes_direct_sun_correction 4th_Stokes_reflected_sun_correction 4th_Stokes_reflected_moon_correction 4th_Stokes_direct_galaxy_correction 4th_Stokes_reflected_galaxy_correction 4th_Stokes_atmosphere_correction 4th_Stokes_null_value_bit 4th_Stokes_RFI_check 4th_Stokes_RFI_clean
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/tb_3_corrected_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/tb_3_corrected_pm
long_name: Third stokes parameter for each 9 km grid cell calculated with an adjustment for the presence of water bodies
units: Kelvin
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 330.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/retrieval_qual_flag_dca_pm: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/retrieval_qual_flag_dca_pm
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s
long_name: Bit flags that record the conditions and the quality of the DCA retrieval algorithms that generate soil moisture for the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
flag_meanings: Retrieval_recommended Retrieval_attempted Retrieval_success FT_retrieval_success
HDF5_HARDLINK: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/retrieval_qual_flag_pm
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/soil_moisture_scav_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/soil_moisture_scav_pm
long_name: Representative SCA-V soil moisture measurement for the Earth based grid cell.
units: cm**3/cm**3
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.01999999955
valid_max: 0.5
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/retrieval_qual_flag_scah_pm: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/retrieval_qual_flag_scah_pm
long_name: Bit flags that record the conditions and the quality of the SCA-H retrieval algorithms that generate soil moisture for the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s
flag_meanings: Retrieval_recommended Retrieval_attempted Retrieval_success FT_retrieval_success
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/vegetation_opacity_scah_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/vegetation_opacity_scah_pm
long_name: The measured opacity of the vegetation used in SCA-H retrievals in the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: -999999.875
valid_max: 999999.875
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/tb_v_uncorrected_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/tb_v_uncorrected_pm
long_name: Vertical polarization brightness temperature in 36 km Earth grid cell before adjustment for the presence of water bodies.
units: Kelvin
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 330.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/roughness_coefficient_scah_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/roughness_coefficient_scah_pm
long_name: A unitless value that is indicative of bare soil roughness used in SCA-H retrievals within the 9 km grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/tb_qual_flag_h_pm: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/tb_qual_flag_h_pm
long_name: Bit flags that represent the quality of the horizontal polarization brightness temperature within each grid cell
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s, 64s, 128s, 256s, 512s, 1024s, 2048s, 4096s, 8192s, 16384s, 32768s
flag_meanings: Horizontal_polarization_quality Horizontal_polarization_range Horizontal_polarization_RFI_detection Horizontal_polarization_RFI_correction Horizontal_polarization_NEDT Horizontal_polarization_direct_sun_correction Horizontal_polarization_reflected_sun_correction Horizontal_polarization_reflected_moon_correction Horizontal_polarization_direct_galaxy_correction Horizontal_polarization_reflected_galaxy_correction Horizontal_polarization_atmosphere_correction Horizontal_polarization_Faraday_rotation_correction Horizontal_polarization_null_value_bit Horizontal_polarization_water_correction Horizontal_polarization_RFI_check Horizontal_polarization_RFI_clean
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/clay_fraction_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/clay_fraction_pm
long_name: A unitless value that is indicative of aggregated clay fraction within the 9 km grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/latitude_centroid_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/latitude_centroid_pm
long_name: Weighted average of the latitude of the center of the brightness temperature footprints that fall within the EASE grid cell.
units: degrees
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 90.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/EASE_column_index_pm: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/EASE_column_index_pm
long_name: The column index of the 9 km EASE grid cell that contains the associated data.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3855
_FillValue: 65534
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/tb_time_seconds_pm: Array of 64 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/tb_time_seconds_pm
long_name: Arithmetic average of the acquisition time of all of the brightness temperature footprints with a center that falls within the EASE grid cell in seconds since noon on January 1, 2000 UTC.
units: seconds
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: -999999.90000000002
valid_max: 940000000.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/tb_4_corrected_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/tb_4_corrected_pm
long_name: Fourth stokes parameter for each 9 km grid cell calculated with an adjustment for the presence of water bodies
units: Kelvin
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 330.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/soil_moisture_error_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/soil_moisture_error_pm
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.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_max: 0.200000003
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/tb_time_utc_pm: Array of Strings [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/tb_time_utc_pm
long_name: Arithmetic average of the acquisition time of all of the brightness temperature footprints with a center that falls within the EASE grid cell in UTC.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/albedo_dca_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/albedo_dca_pm
long_name: Diffuse reflecting power of the Earth's surface used in DCA retrievals within the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/longitude_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/longitude_pm
long_name: Longitude of the center of the Earth based grid cell.
units: degrees_east
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: -180.
valid_max: 179.9989929
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/tb_qual_flag_3_pm: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/tb_qual_flag_3_pm
long_name: Bit flags that represent the quality of the 3rd Stokes brightness temperature within each grid cell
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
_FillValue: 65534
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s, 64s, 128s, 256s, 512s, 1024s, 4096s, 16384s, 32768s
flag_meanings: 3rd_Stokes_quality 3rd_Stokes_range 3rd_Stokes_RFI_detection 3rd_Stokes_RFI_correction 3rd_Stokes_NEDT 3rd_Stokes_direct_sun_correction 3rd_Stokes_reflected_sun_correction 3rd_Stokes_reflected_moon_correction 3rd_Stokes_direct_galaxy_correction 3rd_Stokes_reflected_galaxy_correction 3rd_Stokes_atmosphere_correction 3rd_Stokes_null_value_bit 3rd_Stokes_RFI_check 3rd_Stokes_RFI_clean
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/vegetation_opacity_dca_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/vegetation_opacity_dca_pm
long_name: The measured opacity of the vegetation used in DCA retrievals in the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: -999999.875
valid_max: 999999.875
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/tb_qual_flag_v_pm: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/tb_qual_flag_v_pm
_FillValue: 65534
long_name: Bit flags that represent the quality of the vertical polarization brightness temperature within each grid cell
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s, 64s, 128s, 256s, 512s, 1024s, 2048s, 4096s, 8192s, 16384s, 32768s
flag_meanings: Vertical_polarization_quality Vertical_polarization_range Vertical_polarization_RFI_detection Vertical_polarization_RFI_correction Vertical_polarization_NEDT Vertical_polarization_direct_sun_correction Vertical_polarization_reflected_sun_correction Vertical_polarization_reflected_moon_correction Vertical_polarization_direct_galaxy_correction Vertical_polarization_reflected_galaxy_correction Vertical_polarization_atmosphere_correction Vertical_polarization_Faraday_rotation_correction Vertical_polarization_null_value_bit Vertical_polarization_water_correction Vertical_polarization_RFI_check Vertical_polarization_RFI_clean
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/radar_water_body_fraction_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/radar_water_body_fraction_pm
valid_min: 0.
long_name: The fraction of the area of the 9 km grid cell that is covered by water based on the radar detection algorithm.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/soil_moisture_scah_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/soil_moisture_scah_pm
long_name: Representative SCA-H soil moisture measurement for the Earth based grid cell.
units: cm**3/cm**3
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.01999999955
valid_max: 0.5
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/soil_moisture_dca_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/soil_moisture_dca_pm
long_name: Representative DCA soil moisture measurement for the Earth based grid cell.
units: cm**3/cm**3
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.01999999955
valid_max: 0.5
_FillValue: -9999.
HDF5_HARDLINK: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/soil_moisture_pm
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/vegetation_opacity_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/vegetation_opacity_pm
long_name: The measured opacity of the vegetation used in DCA retrievals in the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: -999999.875
valid_max: 999999.875
_FillValue: -9999.
HDF5_HARDLINK: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/vegetation_opacity_dca_pm
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/surface_water_fraction_mb_h_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/surface_water_fraction_mb_h_pm
long_name: Gain weighted fraction of static water within the radiometer horizontal polarization brightness temperature antenna pattern in 36 km Earth grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/longitude_centroid_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/longitude_centroid_pm
long_name: Weighted average of the longitude of the center of the brightness temperature footprints that fall within the EASE grid cell.
units: degrees
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: -180.
valid_max: 179.9989929
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/albedo_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/albedo_pm
long_name: Diffuse reflecting power of the Earth's surface used in DCA retrievals within the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
HDF5_HARDLINK: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/albedo_dca_pm
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/vegetation_water_content_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/vegetation_water_content_pm
long_name: Representative measure of water in the vegetation within the 9 km grid cell.
units: kg/m**2
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 20.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/albedo_scah_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/albedo_scah_pm
valid_min: 0.
long_name: Diffuse reflecting power of the Earth's surface used in SCA-H retrievals within the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_max: 1.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/tb_h_uncorrected_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/tb_h_uncorrected_pm
long_name: Horizontal polarization brightness temperature in 36 km Earth grid cell before adjustment for the presence of water bodies.
units: Kelvin
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 330.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/latitude_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/latitude_pm
long_name: Latitude of the center of the Earth based grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 90.
_FillValue: -9999.
units: degrees_north
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/tb_v_corrected_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/tb_v_corrected_pm
long_name: Vertical polarization brightness temperature in 9 km Earth grid cell adjusted for the presence of water bodies.
units: Kelvin
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 330.
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/vegetation_opacity_scav_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/vegetation_opacity_scav_pm
long_name: The measured opacity of the vegetation used in SCA-V retrievals in the grid cell.
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: -999999.875
valid_max: 999999.875
_FillValue: -9999.
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/grid_surface_status_pm: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/grid_surface_status_pm
long_name: Indicates if the grid point lies on land (0) or water (1).
valid_min: 0
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_max: 1
_FillValue: 65534
/Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/surface_temperature_pm: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..1999][ = 0..1999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_PM/surface_temperature_pm
long_name: Temperature at land surface based on GMAO GEOS-5 data.
units: Kelvins
coordinates: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/latitude /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_Polar_AM/longitude
valid_min: 0.
valid_max: 350.
_FillValue: -9999.