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ECMWF is a contributor to the core soil moisture product and is represented in the H SAF Steering Group and the Project Team.

ECMWF H SAF products:

• SM-DAS-2 (H14): ASCAT near-real-time root zone soil wetness index product description and previewsMetop ASCAT NRT Root Zone Soil Moisture Profile Index 25 km sampling description and previews: EO:EUM:DAT:MODEL:SM-DAS-2

• RZSM-ASCAT-NRT-10 (H26): Metop ASCAT NRT Root Zone Soil Moisture Profile Index 10 km sampling description and previews: EO:EUM:DAT:0600

• RZSM-DR2019-10 (H141): Scatterometer Root Zone Soil Moisture (RZSM) Data Record 10 km resolution  (1992-2018): doi.org/10.15770/EUM_SAF_H_0008
• RZSM-DR-EXT-10 (H142): Offline scatterometer Root Zone Soil Moisture (RZSM) Data Record extension (2019-2021), 10 km resolution:  
• SM-DAS-3 (H27): Scatterometer Root Zone Soil Moisture (RZSM) Data Record 16 km resolution (1992-2014):   doi.org/10.15770/EUM_SAF_H_0003
• SM-DAS-DR2018-EXT-16 (H140): Scatterometer Root Zone Soil Moisture (RZSM) Data Record extension 16 km resolution (2015-2016) doi.org/10.15770/EUM_SAF_H_0007
• Powerpoint presentation of current near-real-time products and climate data records, and future H SAF root-zone soil moisture products
• Powerpoint presentation about downloading and visualizing products with metview-python
• How to read and plot RZSM products

• Converting grib to netCDF with CDO

• RZSM-DR2019-10km (H141) documentation and offline extension (H142):
  
  • Product User Manual (H141_PUM_R02.pdf)
  • Algorithm Theoretical Baseline Document (H141_ATBD_R02.PDF)
  • Product Validation Report (H141_PVR_R02.PDF)
  • Product Validation Report (H141_H142_DGCDD.pdf
  • )
• SM-DAS-2 (H14) documentation:
  • Product User Manual (SAF_HSAF_PUM-14.pdf)
  • Algorithm Theoretical Baseline Document (SAF_HSAF_ATBD-14_0_2.pdf)
  • Product Validation Report (SAF_HSAF_PVR-14.pdf)
  • Data Output Format (SAF_HSAF_DOF_H14_v1.2.pdf)
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• RZSM-

DAS

• ASCAT-

3/SM-DAS-DR2018-EXT (H27/H140

• NRT-10 (H26) documentation

:

• • Product User Manual (

HSAF-CDOP-PUM-H27_H140_v0.5.docx
• • ATBD)
  • Algorithm Theoretical Baseline Document (
HSAF-CDOP-ATBD-H27_H140_v0.6.pdf
• • PUM)
  • Product Validation Report (
HSAF-CDOP2-PVR-H27_0_5.pdf)

• • PVR)

References:

• Aires, F., Weston, P., de Rosnay, P. and Fairbairn, D., 2021. Statistical approaches to assimilate ASCAT soil moisture information—I. Methodologies and first assessment. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 147(736), pp.1823-1852.
• Fairbairn, D., Weston, P. and de Rosnay, P., 2019: Revision and evaluation of ASCAT soil moisture bias correction parameters for IFS cycle 47r3. ECMWF research memorandum.
• Gruhier C., Albergel C., de Rosnay P., Hasenauer S., Zeiner B., 2010: "Comparison between H SAF large scale surface soil moisture, H SAF assimilated soil moisture and SMOS level 2 soil moisture". (H SAF_CDOP_VS11_02.pdf)
• Pellarin T., de Rosnay P., Albergel C., Abdalla S., Al Bitar A., 2013:  "Root-zone soil moisture index complementary validation at global scale based on triple collocation method. Comparison with State-Of-The-Art global scale root-zone soil moisture products." (H SAF_CDOP2_VS12_02.pdf)