Dataset Information

Conventions: CF-1.4
title: LANDMET Soil Moisture Ancillary data
author: William B. Rossow
producer: William B. Rossow
institution: The City College of New York NOAA/CREST
first_release_date: November 2016
source: ESA soil moisture CCI projects. Contract No. ESRIN 22086/08/I-EC, ESRIN 4000104814/11/I-NB
citation: TBD
references: TBD
identifier_product_DOI: 10.5067/MEASURES/LANDMET/ANC004
identifier_product_DOI_authority: http://dx.doi.org/
comment: Data extracted from the ESA Soil Moisture CCI project ancillary datasets; Version one produced at CCNY
version_id: 1
short_name: LANDMET_ANC_SM
history:
long_name: LANDMET Ancillary Soil Moisture data L3
granule_id: LANDMET_ANC_SM_L3_v1.nc
format: netCDF-4 classic
range_beginning_time: 00:00:00
range_ending_time: 23:59:59
range_beginning_date: 1998-01-01
range_ending_date: 2007-12-31
production_run_date: 2016-11-22
production_run_time: 08:17:49


Variables in this Dataset

eqlon: Array of 32 bit Reals [eqcell = 0..41251]
long_name: Center longitude of equal-area cell
units: degrees_east
valid_min: 0.000000000000000
valid_max: 360.0000000000000
eqlat: Array of 32 bit Reals [eqcell = 0..41251]
long_name: Center latitude of equal-area cell
units: degrees_north
valid_min: -90.00000000000000
valid_max: 90.00000000000000
eqlon_index: Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251]
long_name: Longitude index of equal-area cell
units: 1
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 360
eqlat_index: Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251]
long_name: Latitude index of equal-area cell
units: 1
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 180
eqcells_in_zone: Array of 16 bit Integers [eqzone = 0..179]
long_name: Number of longitude cells in each equal-area zone
units: 1
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 360
eqarea: Array of 32 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251]
long_name: Equal-area cell area
units: km2
lon: Array of 32 bit Reals [lon = 0..359]
long_name: Longitude
units: degrees_east
valid_min: 0.000000000000000
valid_max: 360.0000000000000
bounds: lon_bounds
description: Center longitude of square grid cell
lon_bounds: Array of 32 bit Reals [lon = 0..359][edge = 0..1]
long_name: Begining and ending longitude for each longitude zone
units: degrees_east
lat: Array of 32 bit Reals [lat = 0..179]
long_name: Latitude
units: degrees_north
valid_min: -90.00000000000000
valid_max: 90.00000000000000
bounds: lat_bounds
description: Center latitude of square grid cell
lat_bounds: Array of 32 bit Reals [lat = 0..179][edge = 0..1]
long_name: Beginning and ending latitude for each latitude zone
units: degrees_north
sqlon_beg: Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251]
long_name: Square grid beginning longitude index
units: 1
sqlon_end: Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251]
long_name: Square grid ending longitude index
units: 1
porosity: Array of 32 bit Reals [eqcell = 0..41251]
long_name: Porosity
units: percent
valid_range: 0.00000000, 100.000000
_FillValue: -9999.00000
description: Remapped ESA CCI ECV SOILMOISTURE Porosity from Vienna University of Technology, VU University Amsterdam, cci_sm_contact@eodc.eu,Harmonized World Soil Database (version 1.0),2015-08-06 15:19:32 - product produced
references: Saxton, K. E., Rawls, W. J., Soil Water Characteristic Estimates by Texture and Organic Matter for Hydrologic Solutions. SOILSCI, 2006. 70:1569\342\200\2231578. doi:10.2136/sssaj2005.0117; FAO/IIASA/ISRIC/ISSCAS/JRC, 2008. Harmonized World Soil Database (version 1.0). FAO, Rome, Italy and IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria.
tracking_id: c796dfe2-5204-41ac-8560-84e6cbfce1f2
product_version: 01.1
summary: Porosity derived from HWSD v1 (2008) and Saxton and Rawls (2006)
id: d:\\users\\dc\\ccism\\v02.2\\000_ancillary\\porosity\\ESACCI-SOILMOISTURE-POROSITY_V01.1.nc
comment: These data were remapped from ESACCI-SOILMOISTURE-POROSITY_V01.1 from the ESA soil moisture CCI projects. Contract No. ESRIN 22086/08/I-EC, ESRIN 4000104814/11/I-NB
wf: Array of 32 bit Reals [eqcell = 0..41251]
long_name: Wetland Fraction
valid_range: 0.00000000, 100.000000
units: Percent
_CoordinateAxes: lat lon
_FillValue: -9999.00000
summary: Remapped 1 degree wetland fraction has been derived from the Global Lakes and Wetlands Database (GLWD) level 3 product. From the Discrete Global Grid (DGG) the wetland fraction has been mapped to the 0.25 degree grid by nearest neighbor search.
references: Lehner, B., & D\303\203\302\266ll, P. (2004). Development and validation of a global database of lakes, reservoirs and wetlands. Journal of Hydrology, 296, 1
comment: These data was remapped from ESACCI-SOILMOISTURE-WETLAND_FRACTION_V01.1; from ESA soil moisture CCI projects. Contract No. ESRIN 22086/08/I-EC, ESRIN 4000104814/11/I-NB