AMSR-E/Aqua L2A Global Swath Spatially-Resampled Brightness Temperatures  View Catalog Page Entry ID
AE_L2A
Summary
The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) instrument on the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) Aqua satellite provides global passive microwave measurements of terrestrial, oceanic, and atmospheric variables for the investigation of global water and energy cycles.
The AMSR-E Level-2A product (AE_L2A) contains brightness temperatures at 6.9 GHz, 10.7 GHz, 18.7 GHz, 23.8 GHz, 36.5 GHz, and 89.0 GHz. Data are resampled to be spatially consistent, and therefore are available at a variety of resolutions that correspond to the footprint sizes of the observations such as 56 km, 38 km, 24 km, 21 km, 12 km, and 5.4 km, respectively. Each swath is packaged with associated geolocation fields. Data are stored in Hierarchical Data Format - Earth Observing System (HDF-EOS) format and are available from 19 June 2002 to the present via FTP.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: 89.24°
S: -89.24°
E: 180°
W: -180°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: P. Ashcroft and F. Wentz
Dataset Title: AMSR-E/Aqua L2A Global Swath Spatially-Resampled Brightness Temperatures
Dataset Release Date: 2003-01-01
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Version: 2
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/ae_l2a.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2002-06-18
Location Keywords
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION GLOBAL
Science Keywords
- Spectral/Engineering Microwave Brightness Temperature
- Spectral/Engineering Microwave Microwave Imagery
Ancillary Keywords
- AE_L2A
- AMSR-E
- Aqua
- DAAC
- EOSDIS
- EOS PM-1
- Imagery
- NASA
- NSIDC
- Passive Microwave
- Radiance
- Radiometers
- Remote Sensing
- Spatially Resampled Brightness Temperatures
- spatial resolutions
- Tb
Platform
- AQUA Earth Observing System, AQUA
Instrument
- AMSR-E Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
Project
- EOS Earth Observing System
Data Set Progress
in work
Data Center
NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 58 MB
Distribution Format: HDF-EOS
Personnel
NSIDC User Services
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Fax: 1 303 492-2468 x
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Peter Ashcroft
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 707 545-2904 x12
Fax: 1 707 545-2906
Email: ashcroft@remss.com
Contact Address:
- Remote Sensing Systems
- Remote Sensing Systems
- 438 First Street
- Suite 200
City: Santa Rosa
Province or State: CA
Postal Code: 95401
Country: USA
Frank J. Wentz
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 707 545-2904 x16
Fax: 1 707 545-2906
Email: wentz@remss.com
Contact Address:
- Remote Sensing Systems
- Remote Sensing Systems
- 438 First Street
- Suite 200
City: Santa Rosa
Province or State: CA
Postal Code: 95401
Country: USA
Related URL
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
AMSR-E Data at NSIDC
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
AMSR-E web site at NSIDC
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
NASA AMSR-E web site
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
AMSR-E/Aqua Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
AMSR-E/Aqua Daily Global Quarter-Degree Gridded Brightness Temperatures
Reference
Ashcroft, P. and F. Wentz. 2000. Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document for the AMSR Level 2A Algorithm, Revised 03 November. Santa Rosa, CA, USA: Remote Sensing Systems.
Conway, D. 2002. Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - EOS Quality Assurance Plan. Huntsville, AL: Global Hydrology and Climate Center. Marquis, M., R. Armstrong, P. Ashcroft, M.J. Brodzik, D. Conway, S.J.S. Khalsa, E. Lobl, J. Maslanik, J. Stroeve, and V. Troisi. 2002. Research applications and opportunities using Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) data (poster). International Society for Optical Engineering Symposium (SPIE), Hangzhou, China, October 23-27, 2002.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2003-01-01
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-09-24
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