| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_static_water_body_fraction: | Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] valid_min: 0.000000000 long_name: The fraction of the area of the 36 km grid cell that is covered by static water based on a Digital Elevation Map. valid_max: 1.000000000 _FillValue: -9999.000000 origname: static_water_body_fraction fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/static_water_body_fraction coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_boresight_incidence: | Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] 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 valid_min: 0.000000000 valid_max: 90.00000000 _FillValue: -9999.000000 origname: boresight_incidence fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/boresight_incidence coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_tb_time_utc: | Array of Strings [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] 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. origname: tb_time_utc fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/tb_time_utc coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_vegetation_opacity: | Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] long_name: The measured opacity of the vegetation in the grid cell. valid_min: -999999.8750 valid_max: 999999.8750 _FillValue: -9999.000000 origname: vegetation_opacity fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/vegetation_opacity coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_tb_qual_flag_h: | Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] long_name: Bit flags that represent the quality of the horizontal polarization brightness temperature within each grid cell _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 origname: tb_qual_flag_h fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/tb_qual_flag_h coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_roughness_coefficient: | Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] long_name: A unitless value that is indicative of bare soil roughness within the 36 km grid cell. valid_min: 0.000000000 valid_max: 1.000000000 _FillValue: -9999.000000 origname: roughness_coefficient fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/roughness_coefficient coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_landcover_class: | Array of Bytes [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963][FakeDim2 = 0..2] _FillValue: 254 long_name: An enumerated type that specifies the most common landcover class in the grid cell based on the IGBP landcover map. The array order is longitude (ascending), followed by latitude (descending), and followed by IGBP land cover type descending dominance (only the first three types are listed) origname: landcover_class fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/landcover_class coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_EASE_row_index: | Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] long_name: The row index of the 36 km EASE grid cell that contains the associated data. valid_min: 0 valid_max: 405 _FillValue: 65534 origname: EASE_row_index fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/EASE_row_index coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_tb_v_corrected: | Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] long_name: Vertical polarization brightness temperature in 36 km Earth grid cell adjusted for the presence of water bodies. units: Kelvin valid_min: 0.000000000 valid_max: 330.0000000 _FillValue: -9999.000000 origname: tb_v_corrected fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/tb_v_corrected coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_tb_4_corrected: | Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] long_name: Fourth stokes parameter for each 36 km grid cell calculated with an adjustment for the presence of water bodies units: Kelvin valid_min: 0.000000000 valid_max: 330.0000000 _FillValue: -9999.000000 origname: tb_4_corrected fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/tb_4_corrected coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude_centroid: | Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] long_name: Weighted average of the longitude of the center of the brightness temperature footprints that fall within the EASE grid cell. units: degrees valid_min: -180.0000000 valid_max: 179.9989929 _FillValue: -9999.000000 origname: longitude_centroid fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude_centroid coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude: | Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] long_name: Longitude of the center of the Earth based grid cell. units: degrees_east origname: longitude fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_landcover_class_fraction: | Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963][FakeDim2 = 0..2] valid_min: 0.000000000 long_name: The fraction of the grid cell that contains the most common land cover in that area based on the IGBP landcover map. valid_max: 1.000000000 _FillValue: -9999.000000 origname: landcover_class_fraction fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/landcover_class_fraction coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude: | Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] long_name: Latitude of the center of the Earth based grid cell. units: degrees_north origname: latitude fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_retrieval_qual_flag: | Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] _FillValue: 65534 flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s long_name: Bit flags that record the conditions and the quality of the retrieval algorithms that generate soil moisture for the grid cell. flag_meanings: Retrieval_recommended Retrieval_attempted Retrieval_success origname: retrieval_qual_flag fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/retrieval_qual_flag coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_vegetation_water_content: | Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] long_name: Representative measure of water in the vegetation within the 36 km grid cell. units: kg/m**3 valid_min: 0.000000000 valid_max: 20.00000000 _FillValue: -9999.000000 origname: vegetation_water_content fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/vegetation_water_content coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_soil_moisture: | Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] long_name: Representative soil moisture measurement for the Earth based grid cell. units: cm**3/cm**3 valid_min: 0.01999999955 valid_max: 0.5000000000 _FillValue: -9999.000000 origname: soil_moisture fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/soil_moisture coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_tb_3_corrected: | Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] long_name: Third stokes parameter for each 36 km grid cell calculated with an adjustment for the presence of water bodies units: Kelvin valid_min: 0.000000000 valid_max: 330.0000000 _FillValue: -9999.000000 origname: tb_3_corrected fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/tb_3_corrected coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_tb_qual_flag_3: | Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] _FillValue: 65534 long_name: Bit flags that represent the quality of the 3rd Stokes brightness temperature within each grid cell 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 origname: tb_qual_flag_3 fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/tb_qual_flag_3 coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_tb_qual_flag_4: | Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] _FillValue: 65534 long_name: Bit flags that represent the quality of the 4th Stokes brightness temperature within each grid cell 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 origname: tb_qual_flag_4 fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/tb_qual_flag_4 coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_tb_h_corrected: | Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] long_name: Horizontal polarization brightness temperature in 36 km Earth grid cell adjusted for the presence of water bodies. units: Kelvin valid_min: 0.000000000 valid_max: 330.0000000 _FillValue: -9999.000000 origname: tb_h_corrected fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/tb_h_corrected coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_albedo: | Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] long_name: Diffuse reflecting power of the Earth's surface within the grid cell. valid_min: 0.000000000 valid_max: 1.000000000 _FillValue: -9999.000000 origname: albedo fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/albedo coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_tb_time_seconds: | Array of 64 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] 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 midnight on January 1, 2000 UTC. units: seconds valid_min: -999999.90000000002 valid_max: 999999.90000000002 _FillValue: -9999.0000000000000 origname: tb_time_seconds fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/tb_time_seconds coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_soil_moisture_error: | Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] units: cm**3/cm**3 valid_min: 0.000000000 long_name: Net uncertainty measure of soil moisture measure for the Earth based grid cell. - Calculation method is TBD. valid_max: 0.2000000030 _FillValue: -9999.000000 origname: soil_moisture_error fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/soil_moisture_error coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_radar_water_body_fraction: | Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] long_name: The fraction of the area of the 36 km grid cell that is covered by water based on the radar detection algorithm. valid_min: 0.000000000 valid_max: 1.000000000 _FillValue: -9999.000000 origname: radar_water_body_fraction fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/radar_water_body_fraction coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_tb_qual_flag_v: | Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] _FillValue: 65534 long_name: Bit flags that represent the quality of the vertical polarization brightness temperature within each grid cell 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 origname: tb_qual_flag_v fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/tb_qual_flag_v coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude_centroid: | Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] long_name: Weighted average of the latitude of the center of the brightness temperature footprints that fall within the EASE grid cell. units: degrees valid_min: -90.00000000 valid_max: 90.00000000 _FillValue: -9999.000000 origname: latitude_centroid fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/latitude_centroid coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_EASE_column_index: | Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] long_name: The column index of the 36 km EASE grid cell that contains the associated data. valid_min: 0 valid_max: 963 _FillValue: 65534 origname: EASE_column_index fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/EASE_column_index coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_surface_temperature: | Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] long_name: Temperature at land surface based on GMAO GEOS-5 data. units: Kelvins valid_min: 0.000000000 valid_max: 350.0000000 _FillValue: -9999.000000 origname: surface_temperature fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/surface_temperature coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_freeze_thaw_fraction: | Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] long_name: Fraction of the 36 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. valid_min: 0.000000000 valid_max: 1.000000000 _FillValue: -9999.000000 origname: freeze_thaw_fraction fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/freeze_thaw_fraction coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |
| Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_surface_flag: | Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [FakeDim0 = 0..405][FakeDim1 = 0..963] long_name: Bit flags that record ambient surface conditions for the grid cell _FillValue: 65534 flag_masks: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s, 64s, 128s, 256s, 512s, 1024s, 2048s flag_meanings: 36_km_static_water_body 36_km_radar_water_body_detection 36_km_coastal_proximity 36_km_urban_area 36_km_precipitation 36_km_snow_or_ice 36_km_permanent_snow_or_ice 36_km_radar_frozen_ground 36_km_model_frozen_ground 36_km_mountainous_terrain 36_km_dense_vegetation 36_km_nadir_region origname: surface_flag fullnamepath: /Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data/surface_flag coordinates: Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_latitude Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Data_longitude |