Variable names for ESA CCI Soil Moisture¶
ESA CCI SM variables as in the netcdf image files (and time series from netcdf images) for different products and versions
short_name | Parameter | Units |
---|---|---|
dnflag | Day / Night Flag | |
flag | Flag | |
freqbandID* | Frequency Band Identification | |
lat | Latitude | [degrees_north] |
lon | Longitude | [degrees_east] |
mode | Satellite Mode | |
sensor | Sensor Flag | |
sm | Volumetric Soil Moisture | [m3 m-3] |
sm_uncertainty | Volumetric Soil Moisture Uncertainty | [m3 m-3] |
t0 | Observation Timestamp | [days since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC] |
time | Time | [days since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC] |
- “freqbandID” is named “freqband” in older versions (before v3) of the data set.