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 data       graph  M    Soil Moisture, NOAA Soil Moisture Products System (SMOPS) Climate Data Record, 25km, Global,
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noaacwSMcdrDaily

The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type Variable Name Attribute Name Data Type Value
attribute NC_GLOBAL cdm_data_type String Grid
attribute NC_GLOBAL comment String Science Lead: Jifu Yin, UMD/ESSIC/CISESS, jifu.yin@noaa.gov
attribute NC_GLOBAL Conventions String CF-1.10, ACDD, COARDS
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_email String xiwu.zhan at noaa.gov
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_name String NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/SMCD
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_type String institution
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_url String https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/smcd.php (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL defaultGraphQuery String noaacwSMcdrDaily.graph?sm%5B(2022-12-31T00:00:00Z)%5D%5B(89.875):(-89.875)%5D%5B(-179.875):(179.875)%5D%26.draw=surface%26.vars=longitude%7Clatitude%7Csm%26.colorBar=%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%26.land=under%26.bgColor=0xffccccff
attribute NC_GLOBAL Easternmost_Easting double 179.875
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_max double 89.875
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_min double -89.875
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_resolution double 0.25
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_units String degrees_north
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_max double 179.875
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_min double -179.875
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_resolution double 0.25
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_units String degrees_east
attribute NC_GLOBAL grid_mapping_inverse_flattening double 298.257
attribute NC_GLOBAL grid_mapping_name String latitude_longitude
attribute NC_GLOBAL grid_mapping_semi_major_axis double 6378136.3
attribute NC_GLOBAL infoUrl String https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14071700 (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL institution String NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research
attribute NC_GLOBAL instrument String MIRAS,ASCAT,AMSR2,AMSRE,SMAP
attribute NC_GLOBAL keywords String applications, cdr, center, climate, condensed, content, data, earth, Earth Science > Land Surface > Soils > Soil Moisture/Water Content, environmental, flag, fraction, information, land, moisture, moisture/water, national, nesdis, netcdf4, noaa, product, products, q_flag, quality, record, research, satellite, science, service, smops, smops-cdr, soil, soils, status, status_flag, surface, system, time, volume, volume_fraction_of_condensed_water_in_soil, water
attribute NC_GLOBAL keywords_vocabulary String GCMD Science Keywords
attribute NC_GLOBAL license String CC0-1.0
attribute NC_GLOBAL NCO String netCDF Operators version 4.7.5 (Homepage = http://nco.sf.net, Code = https://github.com/nco/nco)
attribute NC_GLOBAL Northernmost_Northing double 89.875
attribute NC_GLOBAL platform String SMOS,MetOp-A,MetOp-B,GCOM-W1,AMSR-E,SMAP
attribute NC_GLOBAL Projection String Plate Carree (Equirectangular Projection)
attribute NC_GLOBAL publisher_email String xiwu.zhan at noaa.gov
attribute NC_GLOBAL publisher_name String NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
attribute NC_GLOBAL publisher_type String institution
attribute NC_GLOBAL publisher_url String https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/smcd.php (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL references String https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14071700 (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL source String Multi-platform/sensor
attribute NC_GLOBAL sourceUrl String (local files)
attribute NC_GLOBAL Southernmost_Northing double -89.875
attribute NC_GLOBAL standard_name_vocabulary String CF Standard Name Table v70
attribute NC_GLOBAL summary String Science Lead: Jifu Yin, UMD/ESSIC/CISESS, jifu.yin@noaa.gov
attribute NC_GLOBAL time_coverage_end String 2022-12-31T00:00:00Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL time_coverage_start String 2002-07-01T00:00:00Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL title String Soil Moisture, NOAA Soil Moisture Products System (SMOPS) Climate Data Record, 25km, Global, Daily
attribute NC_GLOBAL Westernmost_Easting double -179.875
dimension time   double nValues=7489, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=1 day
attribute time _CoordinateAxisType String Time
attribute time actual_range double 1.0254816E9, 1.6724448E9
attribute time axis String T
attribute time calendar String gregorian
attribute time ioos_category String Time
attribute time long_name String Time
attribute time standard_name String time
attribute time time_origin String 01-JAN-1970 00:00:00
attribute time units String seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
dimension latitude   float nValues=720, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=-0.25
attribute latitude _CoordinateAxisType String Lat
attribute latitude actual_range float -89.875, 89.875
attribute latitude axis String Y
attribute latitude ioos_category String Location
attribute latitude long_name String Latitude
attribute latitude standard_name String latitude
attribute latitude units String degrees_north
attribute latitude valid_max float 89.875
attribute latitude valid_min float -89.875
dimension longitude   float nValues=1440, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=0.25
attribute longitude _CoordinateAxisType String Lon
attribute longitude actual_range float -179.875, 179.875
attribute longitude axis String X
attribute longitude ioos_category String Location
attribute longitude long_name String Longitude
attribute longitude standard_name String longitude
attribute longitude units String degrees_east
attribute longitude valid_max float 179.875
attribute longitude valid_min float -179.875
variable sm   double time, latitude, longitude
attribute sm _FillValue double -9999.0
attribute sm colorBarMaximum double 1.0
attribute sm colorBarMinimum double 0.0
attribute sm init_time String 20090713_000000
attribute sm init_time_ut String 1247443200
attribute sm ioos_category String Soils
attribute sm level_desc String Surface
attribute sm long_name String SMOPS Climate Data Record Soil Moisture
attribute sm missing_value double -9999.0
attribute sm name String sm
attribute sm standard_name String volume_fraction_of_condensed_water_in_soil
attribute sm units String m^3/m^3
attribute sm valid_time String 20090713_000000
attribute sm valid_time_ut String 1247443200
variable q_flag   short time, latitude, longitude
attribute q_flag _FillValue short 0
attribute q_flag colorBarMaximum double 150.0
attribute q_flag colorBarMinimum double 0.0
attribute q_flag flag_meanings String good_quality suspect_quality outside_range
attribute q_flag init_time String 20090713_000000
attribute q_flag init_time_ut String 1247443200
attribute q_flag ioos_category String Quality
attribute q_flag level_desc String Surface
attribute q_flag long_name String Quality flag
attribute q_flag missing_value short 0
attribute q_flag name String QA
attribute q_flag standard_name String status_flag
attribute q_flag valid_range short -32768, 32767
attribute q_flag valid_time String 20090713_000000
attribute q_flag valid_time_ut String 1247443200

The information in the table above is also available in other file formats (.csv, .htmlTable, .itx, .json, .jsonlCSV1, .jsonlCSV, .jsonlKVP, .mat, .nc, .nccsv, .tsv, .xhtml) via a RESTful web service.


 

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