Re: Ask for help on reading NSIDC soil moisture data

FYI: a netCDF containing the lat/lon for EASE is at:

ftp ftp.cgd.ucar.edu
anonymous
email
cd pub/shea/Misc
get EaseLatLon.nc
quit

On 2/6/12 5:52 PM, Xiaoming Sun wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> It seems that my question is solved.
> 1) The MLLONLSB is in binary, no need to specify the extension and can
> be read correctly.
> 2) The following link give further hints on how to plot it,
> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/ease.shtml
>
> Have a good weekends.
>
> Xiaoming
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> "Xiaoming Sun" <xiaoming.sun@duke.edu>
>
> To:
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> Cc:
> <xiaoming.sun@duke.edu>
> Sent:
> Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:37:30 -0500
> Subject:
> Ask for help on reading NSIDC soil moisture data
>
>
>
> My previous E-mail was hold by the system, probably due to the size
> of the attachments.
> Therefore, I re-send it, but with only the link to the place where
> the data can be obtained.
>
> Thanks for in advance for any help!
>
> Dear All,
>
> I am trying to plot the soil moisture estimation from NSIDC.
>
> However, I am confused on how to get the coordinate of the data.
>
> According to the website, it reads that
> Coordinate information (if only wants lat and lon and for
> little-endian) is in
> a) MLLONLSB
> b) MLLATLSB
>
> However, I am not sure the extension of these two files.
>
> Does anyone has experience on plotting them?
>
> Or could some one give help on this?
>
> Attached please find
> a) MLLONLSB
> ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/DATASETS/brightness-temperatures/easegrid/tools/
> b) MLLATLSB
> ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/DATASETS/brightness-temperatures/easegrid/tools/
> c) AMSR_E_L3_DailyLand_V06_20040912.hdf.gz (an example dataset, the
> variable interested in are D_Soil_Moisture and A_Soil_Moisture).
> http://n4eil01u.ecs.nasa.gov:22000/WebAccess/granule?endDate=2004-09-13&esdt=AE_Land3.2&group=AMSA&beginDate=2004-09-13
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Xiaoming
>
>
>
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