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    <datsetid>AE_L2A</datsetid>
    <citation>
      <citeinfo>
        <origin>P. Ashcroft and F. Wentz</origin>
        <pubdate>20030101</pubdate>
        <title>AMSR-E/Aqua L2A Global Swath Spatially-Resampled Brightness Temperatures</title>
        <edition>2</edition>
        <pubinfo>
          <pubplace>Boulder, Colorado USA</pubplace>
          <publish>NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center</publish>
        </pubinfo>
        <onlink>http://nsidc.org/data/ae_l2a.html</onlink>
      </citeinfo>
    </citation>
    <descript>
      <abstract>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.</abstract>
      <purpose>scientific research</purpose>
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          <citeinfo>
            <origin>P. Ashcroft and F. Wentz</origin>
            <pubdate>20030101</pubdate>
            <title>AMSR-E/Aqua L2A Global Swath Spatially-Resampled Brightness Temperatures</title>
            <pubinfo>
              <pubplace>Boulder, Colorado USA</pubplace>
              <publish>NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center</publish>
            </pubinfo>
            <onlink>http://nsidc.org/data/docs/daac/ae_l2a_tbs.gd.html</onlink>
          </citeinfo>
        </userguid>
      </documnts>
    </descript>
    <timeperd>
      <timeinfo>
        <rngdates>
          <begdate>20020618</begdate>
          <enddate>Unknown</enddate>
        </rngdates>
      </timeinfo>
      <current>publication date</current>
    </timeperd>
    <status>
      <progress>In work</progress>
      <update>Unknown</update>
    </status>
    <spdom>
      <bounding>
        <westbc>-180</westbc>
        <eastbc>180</eastbc>
        <northbc>89.24</northbc>
        <southbc>-89.24</southbc>
      </bounding>
    </spdom>
    <keywords>
      <theme>
        <themekt>NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords</themekt>
        <themekey>EARTH SCIENCE &gt; Spectral/Engineering &gt; Microwave &gt; Brightness Temperature</themekey>
        <themekey>EARTH SCIENCE &gt; Spectral/Engineering &gt; Microwave &gt; Microwave Imagery</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords</themekt>
        <themekey>EOS &gt; Earth Observing System</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords</themekt>
        <themekey>AMSR-E &gt; Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords</themekt>
        <themekey>AQUA &gt; Earth Observing System, AQUA</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>None</themekt>
        <themekey>AE_L2A</themekey>
        <themekey>AMSR-E</themekey>
        <themekey>Aqua</themekey>
        <themekey>DAAC</themekey>
        <themekey>EOSDIS</themekey>
        <themekey>EOS PM-1</themekey>
        <themekey>Imagery</themekey>
        <themekey>NASA</themekey>
        <themekey>NSIDC</themekey>
        <themekey>Passive Microwave</themekey>
        <themekey>Radiance</themekey>
        <themekey>Radiometers</themekey>
        <themekey>Remote Sensing</themekey>
        <themekey>Spatially Resampled Brightness Temperatures</themekey>
        <themekey>spatial resolutions</themekey>
        <themekey>Tb</themekey>
      </theme>
      <place>
        <placekt>NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords</placekt>
        <placekey>Geographic Region &gt; Global</placekey>
      </place>
    </keywords>
    <plainsid>
      <platflnm>Earth Observing System, AQUA</platflnm>
      <platfsnm>AQUA</platfsnm>
      <instflnm>Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS</instflnm>
      <instshnm>AMSR-E</instshnm>
    </plainsid>
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      <numthlay>2</numthlay>
      <layrname>
        <theme>
          <themekt>NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords</themekt>
          <themekey>EARTH SCIENCE &gt; Spectral/Engineering &gt; Microwave &gt; Brightness Temperature</themekey>
        </theme>
      </layrname>
      <layrname>
        <theme>
          <themekt>NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords</themekt>
          <themekey>EARTH SCIENCE &gt; Spectral/Engineering &gt; Microwave &gt; Microwave Imagery</themekey>
        </theme>
      </layrname>
    </thelayid>
    <accconst>None</accconst>
    <useconst>None</useconst>
    <ptcontac>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntperp>
          <cntper>NSIDC User Services</cntper>
          <cntorg>National Snow and Ice Data Center</cntorg>
        </cntperp>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing</addrtype>
          <address>CIRES, 449 UCB</address>
          <address>University of Colorado</address>
          <city>Boulder</city>
          <state>CO</state>
          <postal>80309-0449</postal>
          <country>USA</country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>1 303 492-6199 x</cntvoice>
        <cntfax>1 303  492-2468 x</cntfax>
        <cntemail>nsidc@nsidc.org</cntemail>
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          <cntorg>National Snow and Ice Data Center</cntorg>
          <cntper>NSIDC User Services</cntper>
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          <addrtype>mailing</addrtype>
          <address>National Snow and Ice Data Center</address>
          <address>CIRES, 449 UCB</address>
          <address>University of Colorado</address>
          <city>Boulder</city>
          <state>CO</state>
          <postal>80309-0449</postal>
          <country>USA</country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>1 303 492-6199 </cntvoice>
        <cntfax>1 303  492-2468 </cntfax>
        <cntemail>nsidc@nsidc.org</cntemail>
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    </distrib>
    <resdesc>AE_L2A</resdesc>
    <distliab>NSIDC cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NSIDC makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.</distliab>
    <stdorder>
      <digform>
        <digtinfo>
          <formname>HDF-EOS</formname>
        </digtinfo>
        <digtopt>
          <onlinopt>
            <computer>
              <networka>
                <networkr>http://nsidc.org/data/amsre/order.html</networkr>
              </networka>
            </computer>
          </onlinopt>
        </digtopt>
      </digform>
      <fees>None</fees>
    </stdorder>
  </distinfo>
  <metainfo>
    <metd>20120924</metd>
    <metrd>20120924</metrd>
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          <cntper>NSIDC User Services</cntper>
          <cntorg>National Snow and Ice Data Center</cntorg>
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        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing</addrtype>
          <address>National Snow and Ice Data Center</address>
          <address>CIRES, 449 UCB</address>
          <address>University of Colorado</address>
          <city>Boulder</city>
          <state>CO</state>
          <postal>80309-0449</postal>
          <country>USA</country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>1 303 492-6199 </cntvoice>
        <cntfax>1 303  492-2468 </cntfax>
        <cntemail>nsidc@nsidc.org</cntemail>
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    </metc>
    <metstdn>FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata</metstdn>
    <metstdv>FGDC-STD-012-2002</metstdv>
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