Level-2 product definition#

Table 1 L2-product#

Parameter

Description

Units

Dimensions

lon

Longitude [0\(^{\circ}\), 360\(^{\circ}\)]

deg East

(xdim\(_{grid}\), ydim\(_{grid}\))

lat

Latitude [90\(^{\circ}\)S, 90\(^{\circ}\)N]

deg North

(xdim\(_{grid}\), ydim\(_{grid}\))

time

seconds since YYYY-MM-DD 00:00:00 UTC

seconds

(xdim\(_{grid}\), ydim\(_{grid}\))

TB_L

L1b Brightness Temp at L-band

K

(xdim\(_{grid}\), ydim\(_{grid}\))

TB_L_E

L1b Enhanced Temp at L-band

K

(xdim\(_{grid}\), ydim\(_{grid}\))

SM

Soil Moisture

m\(^{3}\)/m\(^{3}\)

(xdim\(_{grid}\), ydim\(_{grid}\))

SM_E

Enhanced Soil Moisture

m\(^{3}\)/m\(^{3}\)

(xdim\(_{grid}\), ydim\(_{grid}\))

VOD

Veg Optical Depth

-

(xdim\(_{grid}\), ydim\(_{grid}\))

VOD_E

Enhanced Veg Optical Depth

-

(xdim\(_{grid}\), ydim\(_{grid}\))

albedo

Veg single scattering albedo

-

(xdim\(_{grid}\), ydim\(_{grid}\))

EASE row index

Row index in EASE2 grid

-

(xdim\(_{grid}\), ydim\(_{grid}\))

EASE column index

Column index in EASE2 grid

-

(xdim\(_{grid}\), ydim\(_{grid}\))

TB_L_RMSE

RMSE between measured and modeled TB

K

(xdim\(_{grid}\), ydim\(_{grid}\))

TB_L_E_RMSE

RMSE between enhanced and modeled TB

K

(xdim\(_{grid}\), ydim\(_{grid}\))

scene_flags

RFI, proximity to water body, etc.

8-bits flag

(xdim\(_{grid}\), ydim\(_{grid}\))

status_flag

Product quality flag

n/a

(xdim\(_{grid}\), ydim\(_{grid}\))