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Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Mission Level 4 Surface and Root Zone Soil Moisture (L4_SM) Product Specification DocumentThis is the Product Specification Document (PSD) for Level 4 Surface and Root Zone Soil Moisture (L4_SM) data for the Science Data System (SDS) of the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) project. The L4_SM data product provides estimates of land surface conditions based on the assimilation of SMAP observations into a customized version of the NASA Goddard Earth Observing System, Version 5 (GEOS-5) land data assimilation system (LDAS). This document applies to any standard L4_SM data product generated by the SMAP Project.
Document ID
20250006429
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Other - Updated Office note to be uploaded to the Global Modeling and Assimilation webpage. The previous version (version 1.6) was submitted in November 2022, STI number 20220016214.
Authors
Rolf H. Reichle
(Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, United States)
Joseph V. Ardizzone
(Science Systems and Applications (United States) Lanham, Maryland, United States)
Gi-Kong Kim
(Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, United States)
Robert A. Lucchesi
(Science Systems and Applications (United States) Lanham, Maryland, United States)
Edmond B. Smith
(Science Systems and Applications (United States) Lanham, Maryland, United States)
Barry H. Weiss
(Jet Propulsion Laboratory La Cañada Flintridge, United States)
Date Acquired
June 23, 2025
Publication Date
June 24, 2025
Subject Category
Earth Resources and Remote Sensing
Funding Number(s)
WBS: 372217.04.12
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Technical Review
NASA Peer Committee
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