RSS SMAP 8-day delay?

jenmackinnon · by **jenmackinnon** » Mon Aug 10, 2026 10:41 am America/New_York

Hi,

I've been using the (amazing!) "RSS SMAP Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image 8-Day Running Mean V6.0 Validated Dataset" to track the evolving El Nino event. It has not updated since June, which is longer than the typical lag before this 8-day moving average product appears.

Can someone tell me if there's been a problem with the data, or when it might be updated again?

Many thanks,

Jen MacKinnon
Scripps Institution of Oceanography