SMOS freeze/thaw Cube
SMOS Freeze and Thaw Processing and Dissemination Service
How to open this dataset in DeepESDL JupyterLab
from xcube.core.store import new_data_store
store = new_data_store("s3", root="deep-esdl-public", storage_options=dict(anon=True))
ds = store.open_data('SMOS-snow-1x720x720-1.0.1.zarr')
Bounding box map

Map tiles and data from OpenStreetMap, under the ODbL.
Parameter |
Value |
Bounding box longitude (°) |
-180 to 180 |
Bounding box latitude (°) |
0 to 85 |
Time range |
2010-07-01 to 2023-03-09 |
Click here for full dataset metadata.
Variable list
Click on a variable name to jump to the variable’s full metadata.
Variable |
Long name |
Units |
L3FT |
SMOS Level 3 Freeze Thaw Estimates |
[none] |
PM |
Processing Mask |
[none] |
quality_flag |
Quality Flag |
[none] |
uncertainty |
Uncertainty |
[none] |
L3FT
Field |
Value |
flag_meanings |
Thaw Partial Frozen |
flag_values |
1, 2, 3 |
grid_mapping |
crs |
long_name |
SMOS Level 3 Freeze Thaw Estimates |
valid_range |
1, 3 |
PM
Field |
Value |
grid_mapping |
crs |
long_name |
Processing Mask |
valid_range |
0, 8 |
crs
Field |
Value |
GeoTransform |
-9000000 25000 0 9000000 0 -25000 |
false_easting |
0 |
false_northing |
0 |
grid_mapping_name |
lambert_azimuthal_equal_area |
inverse_flattening |
298 |
latitude_of_projection_origin |
90 |
longitude_of_prime_meridian |
0 |
longitude_of_projection_origin |
0 |
semi_major_axis |
6380000.0 |
spatial_ref |
PROJCS["unnamed",GEOGCS["WGS 84",DATUM["unknown",SPHEROID["WGS84",6378137,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Azimuthal_Equal_Area"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_center",90],PARAMETER["longitude_of_center",0],PARAMETER["false_easting",0],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]]] |
quality_flag
Field |
Value |
grid_mapping |
crs |
long_name |
Quality Flag |
valid_range |
0, 255 |
uncertainty
Field |
Value |
grid_mapping |
crs |
long_name |
Uncertainty |
valid_range |
0, 100 |
Field |
Value |
ancillarydata_2mair |
Ancillary data for 2m airtemperature: ECMWF ERA Interim reanalysis (1-Jul-2010 - 31-Jul-2018) and ECMWF NRT data (1-Aug-2018 onwards) |
ancillarydata_snowcover |
Ancillary data for snow cover: IMS DAILY NORTHERN HEMISPHERE SNOW AND ICE ANALYSIS AT 4 KM |
contact |
Kimmo Rautiainen <kimmo.rautiainen@fmi.fi> |
coordinate_system |
Equal-Area Scalable Earth Grid 2.0 (EASE-Grid 2.0) - Northern Hemisphere |
data_date |
20100701 |
incidence_angle_range |
50-55 degrees |
latitude_range |
0N - 85N |
longitude_range |
180W - 180E |
moving_average |
20 days |
orbits_included |
Currently only descending orbits used |
processing_date |
2019-05-22 |
processing_organisation |
Finnish Meteorological Institute |
processing_software_name |
FMI SMOS F/T processing sowtware (Rautiainen, Cohen, Hiltunen, Ikonen, Parkkinen, Moisander, Takala 2016-2019) |
processing_software_version |
v_2.00 |
project_id |
SMOS Freeze and Thaw Processing and Dissemination Service |
sensor |
SMOS |
smosinputdataversion |
SMOS input data: CATDS v620 |
spatial_resolution |
25 X 25 sq.km |
title |
SMOS Freeze and Thaw Processing and Dissemination Service |