CATDS-PDC L3SM Simple UDP - 1 day soil moisture Simple User Data Product from SMOS satellite

The base products, for all the CATDS-PDC (Centre Aval de Traitement des Données SMOS - Production & Dissemination Center) processing chains, are the SMOS L1B products - https://doi.org/10.57780/SM1-e20cf57 - from ESA (European Space Agency).
The L3SM simple User Data Product is the daily product of soil moisture. The retrievals are based on a multi-orbit retrieval algorithm. Ascending and descending orbits are processed separately.
Products from reprocessing RE07 are available for the period 01/2010 - 05/2021. Products from operational (OPER) processing are available since 25/05/2021. Reprocessed products and operational products are derived using the same algorithm and configuration, hence ensuring the temporal continuity.

File naming :
SM_clas_MIR_CLF3Sx_startdate_enddate_vvv_ccc_7
- clas : File class (OPER : operational mode, REXX : reprocessing xx)
- x : A for ascending orbit, D for descending orbit
- startdate : sensing start date/time of the data (format yyyymmddThhmiss)
- enddate : sensing end date/time of the data (format yyyymmddThhmiss)
- vvv : version number of the processor generating the product
- ccc : file counter

File format :
In each archive file (.tgz extension), there are two files
- A Header file (.HDR), which is a text file, in XML Earth Explorer Header format
- A Data file (.DBL.nc), which is a netcdf file, format variant 2 (netcdf 3 with 64 bits offset option)

Reference :
Al Bitar Ahmad, Mialon Arnaud, Kerr Yann H., Cabot Francois, Richaume Philippe, Jacquette Elsa, Quesney Arnaud, Mahmoodi Ali, Tarot Stephane, Parrens Marie, Al-Yaari Amen, Pellarin Thierry, Rodriguez-Fernandez Nemesio, Wigneron Jean-Pierre (2017). The global SMOS Level 3 daily soil moisture and brightness temperature maps. Earth System Science Data, 9(1), 293-315. Publisher's official version : http://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-293-2017 , Open Access version : http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00388/49941/