ICDC University of Hamburg - ASCAT MetOp Surface Soil Moisture
Integrated Climate Data Center global ASCAT (MetOp) C-band surface soil moisture (top 2-5 cm) at ~0.1 degree resolution, 2007-2024, as daily 5-day composites and monthly aggregates with DOIs.
cen.uni-hamburg.de
At a glance
- Region
- Germany (Global)
- Coverage
- Global
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Academic
- Last updated
- 2024
What's inside
- soil moisture
- ASCAT
- scatterometer
- satellite
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Irrigation scheduling
Decide when and how much to irrigate.
Because it has: soil moisture
- 02
Water accounting
Track how much water crops actually consume across a command area.
- 03
No-gauge areas
Monitor places with no ground stations.
Because it has: satellite
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Field-scale ET
Estimate crop water use per field by combining satellite and weather with ML.
- 02
Demand forecasts
Predict irrigation demand weeks ahead for canal and pump planning.
- 03
Segmentation
Map water, crops and land use pixel by pixel with deep learning.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
THREDDS server with HTTP/wget and OPeNDAP subsetting access
Licence: Open data
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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