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Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP)

The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission is an orbiting observatory that measures the amount of water in the top 5 cm of soil everywhere on the Earth’s surface every 3 days.

Data Coverage
Global
Period of Record
2015 - present
File Format
other
Data Type
Satellite

Surface Hydrology Maps

Weekly and monthly hydrological data from the North-American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS).

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
Current Conditions
File Format
images
geotiff
Data Type
Model

U.S. Agricultural Commodities in Drought

The U.S. Department of Agriculture produces weekly maps and charts displaying locations and percentages of drought-affected areas corn, soybeans, hay, cattle, and winter wheat. 

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
2012–Present
File Format
images
pdf

U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN) Station Data

The US Climate Reference Network (USCRN) is a system of NOAA climate observing stations that use high-quality instruments to measure temperature, precipitation,

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
2000–present (atmospheric data); 2006–present (soil moisture data)
File Format
images
text (ascii)
csv
json
xml
Data Type
Land-based Station