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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

The Climate Toolbox: Drought Recovery Tool

The Climate Toolbox’s Drought Recovery Tool allows users to investigate the probability of recovering from drought conditions in the Western U.S. based on past observations from 1920-2020. 

Data Coverage
Regional
Period of Record
1920–2020
File Format
images
Data Type
Model

Topofire

Topofire is a topographically resolved wildfire danger and drought monitoring system for the contiguous U.S. The Topofire model methodology considers terrain and solar radiation, thus better capturing the effect that terrain geometries have on the spatial distribution of energy inputs.

Data Coverage
Contiguous U.S.
Period of Record
1992–2021
File Format
images
netcdf-3
Data Type
Model