SMOS Auxiliary Data

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Collection Description

The Level 2 ECMWF SMOS Auxiliary data product, openly available to all users, contains ECMWF data on the ISEA 4-9 DGG corresponding to SMOS half-orbit. It is used by both the ocean salinity and soil moisture operational processors to store the geophysical parameters from ECMWF forecasts.

If you are a member of the SMOS Cal/Val community, you may also request access to other Level 1 and 2 "dynamic" and "static" auxiliary datasets.

The detailed content of the SMOS Auxiliary Data Files (ADF) is described in the Products Specification documents available in the Resources section below.

Technical Details

DATA SET SPECIFICATIONS

Spatial coverage:

90 N, -90 S, -180 W, 180 E

Temporal coverage:

2010-06-01 - present

Date of launch:

2009-11-02

Operators:

ESA

Mission status:

onGoing

Orbit height:

758 km

Orbit type:

Sun-synchronous

Swath width:

1000 km

PROCESSING LEVEL

level 1, level 2, multiple

APPLICABLE TERMS & CONDITIONS

Utilisation of this data is subject to ESA's Earth Observation Terms and Conditions

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