Variable names for ESA CCI Soil Moisture
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ESA CCI SM variables as in the netcdf image files (and time series from netcdf images) for different products and versions

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| short_name     | Parameter                            |  Units                                 |
+================+======================================+========================================+
| dnflag         | Day / Night Flag                     |                                        |
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| flag           | Flag                                 |                                        |
+----------------+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+
| freqbandID*    | Frequency Band Identification        |                                        |
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| lat            | Latitude                             | [degrees_north]                        |
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| lon            | Longitude                            | [degrees_east]                         |
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| mode           | Satellite Mode                       |                                        |
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| sensor         | Sensor Flag                          |                                        |
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| sm             | Volumetric Soil Moisture             | [m3 m-3]                               |
+----------------+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+
| sm_uncertainty | Volumetric Soil Moisture Uncertainty | [m3 m-3]                               |
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| t0             | Observation Timestamp                | [days since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC]   |
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| time           | Time                                 | [days since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC]   |
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* "freqbandID" is named "freqband" in older versions (before v3) of the data set.