Soil Moisture and Vegetation Optical Depth
Authors/Creators
- 1. IITB and NRSC
- 2. NRSC
- 3. IITB
Description
Two datasets, namely soil moisture and vegetation optical datasets are available from the year 2012 to 2020.
Spatial resolution: 0.1o x 0.1o
Temporal resolution: Two days.
Dimensions: 339 x 298.
The data description is as follows:
Soil moisture: Files are written in NetCDF (.nc) format, containing information on latitude, longitude and soil moisture over Indian region.
File naming format: LPRM_AMSR2_01T_L3_SM10_DYYYYMMDD;
LPRM – Model
AMSR2 – Satellite (Sensor)
01T - Version (Two day)
SM - Variable
D - Type of pass (Descending in this case)
YYYYMMDD - Date (Format: YYYYMMDD)
Vegetation Optical Depth (VOD): Files are written in NetCDF (.nc) format, containing information on latitude, longitude and VOD over Indian region.
File naming format: LPRM_AMSR2_01T_L3_VOD10_DYYYYMMDD
LPRM – Model
AMSR2 – Satellite (Sensor)
01T - Version (Two day)
L3 - Level 3 product
VOD - Variable
D - Type of pass (Descending in this case)
YYYYMMDD - Date (Format: YYYYMMDD)