AE_Rain
AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Global Swath Rain Rate/Type GSFC Profiling Algorithm
R. Adler, T. Wilheit Jr., C. Kummerow, R. Ferraro
AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Global Swath Rain Rate/Type GSFC Profiling Algorithm
2004-02-27updated daily
Boulder, Colorado USA
NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
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http://nsidc.org/data/ae_rain.html
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National Snow and Ice Data Center
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University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
Investigator
Thomas
Wilheit, Jr.
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Texas A&M University
3150 TAMU
College Park
TX
77843-3150
Investigator
Christian
Kummerow
kummerow@atmos.colostate.edu
1 970 491-7473
1 970 491-8449
Department of Atmospheric Science
Colorado State University
200 West Lake Street
Fort Collins
CO
80523
USA
Investigator
Ralph
Ferraro
Ralph.Ferraro@noaa.gov
ESSIC/CICS
2207 Computer and Space Sciences Building
University of Maryland
College Park
MD
USA
Investigator
Robert
Adler
Robert.F.Adler@nasa.gov
1 301 614-6290
1 301 614-5492
Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Branch
Laboratory for Atmospheres
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Code 613
Greenbelt
MD
20771
USA
EARTH SCIENCE
Atmosphere
Precipitation
Precipitation Rate
EARTH SCIENCE
Atmosphere
Precipitation
Rain
Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
AE_Rain
AMSR-E
Aqua
BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES
Convective Precipitation
Convective Rainfall
DAAC
EOSDIS
EOS PM-1
Ferraro algorithm
GSFC
GSFC profiling algorithm
Imagery
Latent Heat Release
NASA
NSIDC
Passive Microwave
Precipitation Rate
Precipitation Type
Radiance
Rain Over Land
Rain Over Oceans
Rain Rate
Rain Type
Remote Sensing
Stratiform Precipitation
Stratiform Rainfall
Surface Rainfall
Tb
AMSR-E
Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
AQUA
Earth Observing System, AQUA
2002-06-18
in work
-70
70
-180
180
GEOGRAPHIC REGION
GLOBAL
5.4 km
5.4 km
00:50:00
EOS
Earth Observing System
ESIP
Earth Science Information Partners
EOSDIS
Earth Observing System Data Information System Data and Information System
Each HDF-EOS file contains core metadata with Quality Assessment (QA) metadata flags that are set by the Science Investigator-led Processing System (SIPS) at the Global Hydrology and Climate Center (GHCC) prior to delivery to NSIDC. A separate metadata file with a .xml file extension is also delivered to NSIDC with the HDF-EOS file, and it contains the same information as the core metadata. Three levels of QA are conducted with the AMSR-E Level 2 and 3 products: automatic, operational, and science. If a product does not fail QA, it is ready to be used for higher-level processing, browse generation, active science QA, archive, and distribution. If a granule fails QA, SIPS does not send the granule to NSIDC until it is reprocessed. Level-3 products that fail QA are never delivered to NSIDC (Conway 2002).
English
NSIDC_DAAC
NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
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Data Center Contact
NSIDC
User Services
nsidc@nsidc.org
1 303 492-6199
1 303 492-2468
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
NSIDC
National Snow and Ice Data Center
http://nsidc.org
Data Center Contact
NSIDC
User Services
nsidc@nsidc.org
1 303 492-6199
1 303 492-2468
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
FTP
18 MB
HDF-EOS
Conway, D. 2002. Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - EOS Quality Assurance Plan. Huntsville, AL Global Hydrology and Climate Center.
Ferraro, R. R. 1997. SSM/I Derived Global Rainfall Estimates for Climatological Applications. Journal of Geophysical Research 102:16,715-16,735.
Ferraro, R. R. and G. F. Marks. 1995. The Development of SSM/I Rain Rate Retrieval Algorithms Using Ground Based Radar Measurements. Journal of Atmos. Oceanic Technology 12 755-770.
Grody, N. C. 1991. Classification of Snow Cover and Precipitation Using the Special Sensor/Microwave Imager (SSM/I). Journal of Geophysical Research 96:7423-7435. Kummerow, C., Y. Hong, W. S. Olson, S. Yang, R. F. Adler, J. McCollum, R. Ferraro, G. Petty, D. B. Shin, and T. T. Wilheit. 2001. The Evolution of the Goddard Profiling Algorithm (GPROF) for Rainfall Estimation from Passive Microwave Sensors. Journal of Applied Meteorology 40: 1801-1820.
Kummerow, C., W. Olson, and L. Giglio. 1996. The Evolution of the Goddard Profiling Algorithm (GPROF) for Rainfall Estimation from Passive Microwave Sensors. IEEE Transactions on Geosciences and Remote Sensing 34: 1213-1232.
McCollum, J., and R. Ferraro. 2003. Next Generation of NOAA/NESDIS TMI, SSM/I, and AMSR-E Microwave Land Rainfall Algorithms. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres 108(D8): art. no. 8382.
McCollum, J. R., A. Gruber, and M. B. Ba. 1999. Discrepancy between gauges and satellite estimates of rainfall in equatorial Africa. Journal Appl. Meteor 41 1065-1080.
Wilheit, T., C. Kummerow, and R. Ferraro. 2003. Rainfall algorithms for AMSR-E. IEEE Transactions on Geosciences and Remote Sensing 41(2): 204-214.
Kummerow, C., and R. Ferraro. 2007. Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document: EOS/AMSR-E Level-2 Rainfall. Fort Collins, Colorado, USA: Colorado State University. (View PDF File)
The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) instrument on the NASA EOS Aqua satellite provides global passive microwave measurements of terrestrial, oceanic, and atmospheric variables for the investigation of water and energy cycles.
This Level-2B swath product (AE_Rain) contains instantaneous measurements of rain rate and rain type (convective vs. stratiform), generated from Level-2A brightness temperatures (AE_L2A). The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Profiling algorithm determines rain rate and type over ocean areas, and a Modified GSFC Profiling algorithm over land. Data are stored in HDF-EOS format, and are available from 18 June 2002 to present via FTP.
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