Monthly Percent Saturated Surface Soil Moisture Anomalies

This data product represents the monthly volumetric soil moisture (percent saturated soil) for the surface layer, expressed as a difference from the long term average.

The average is calculated from all available years for each location and each time period, based on the length of the satellite data record. Values higher than zero represent areas that are wetter than the long term average, and areas lower than zero represent areas drier than the long term average.

The data is produced from passive microwave satellite data collected by the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite and converted to soil moisture using version 6.20 of the SMOS soil moisture processor. The data are produced by the European Space Agency and obtained under a Category 1 proposal for Level 2 soil moisture data. The data are gridded to a resolution of 0.25 degrees. Data quality flags have been applied to remove areas where rainfall is present during the acquisition, where snow cover is detected and when Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) is above an acceptable threshold.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2015-12-21
Date ( RI_366 )
2015-12-21
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Science and Technology Branch
Canada
https://www.agr.gc.ca/
Presentation form
mapDigital;carteNumérique RI_391
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
weekly; hebdomadaire RI_534
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( Theme )
  • Drainage
  • Satellites
  • Water
  • Soil
  • Soil quality
  • Remote sensing
  • Hydrology
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
grid; grille RI_636
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Begin date
2010-04-01
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Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org/ / EPSG:3857 / 8.3.4
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Science and Technology Branch
Canada
https://www.agr.gc.ca/
OnLine resource
Data Product Specification (English) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

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Data Product Specification (French) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;fra

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The SMOS Soil Moisture Retrieval Algorithm ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

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Pre-packaged GeoTIF files ( HTTPS )

Dataset;GeoTIF;zxx

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Pre-packaged Maps ( HTTPS )

Dataset;PDF;eng,fra

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Monthly Percent Saturated Surface Soil Moisture Anomalies ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;eng

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Monthly Percent Saturated Surface Soil Moisture Anomalies ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;fra

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Percent Saturated Surface Soil Moisture from SMOS Satellite Data ( HTTPS )

Application;Web App;eng

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Percent Saturated Surface Soil Moisture from SMOS Satellite Data ( HTTPS )

Application;Web App;fra

OnLine resource
Monthly Percent Saturated Surface Soil Moisture Anomalies ( ESRI REST: Image Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
Monthly Percent Saturated Surface Soil Moisture Anomalies ( ESRI REST: Image Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

File identifier
81af24f4-76cb-4f33-8685-b3a6a576358d XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2020-11-03T20:49:04
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Science and Technology Branch
Canada
https://www.agr.gc.ca/
 
 

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Keywords

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
Drainage Hydrology Remote sensing Satellites Soil Soil quality Water

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