AMSR-E/Aqua L2A Global Swath Spatially-Resampled Brightness Temperatures  View Catalog Page
Metadata Entity Set Information:
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eng; usa
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Hierarchy Level Name:
AMSR-E/Aqua L2A Global Swath Spatially-Resampled Brightness Temperatures
Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
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Date Stamp:
2013-05-07
Metadata Standard Name:
ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata First Edition
Metadata Standard Version:
ISO 19115:2003
Dataset URI:
http://nsidc.org/data/ae_l2a.html
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Data Identification Information:
Citation:
Citation Information:
Title: AMSR-E/Aqua L2A Global Swath Spatially-Resampled Brightness Temperatures
Date:
Date: 2003
Date Type:
Value: publication
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Edition: 2
Edition Date: 2003-01-01
Identifier: AE_L2A
Cited Responsible Party: Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC DAAC User Services
Organization Name: NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
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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.
Purpose:
Scientific Research
Credit:
The following example shows how to cite the use of this data set in a publication. For more information, see our Use and Copyright Web page.
P. Ashcroft and F. Wentz. 2003. AMSR-E/Aqua L2A Global Swath Spatially-Resampled Brightness Temperatures. Version 2. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.
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Point of Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: Peter Ashcroft
Organization Name: Remote Sensing Systems
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 707 545-2904 x12
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: Remote Sensing Systems
City: Santa Rosa
Administrative Area: CA
Postal Code: 95401
Country: USA
Email: ashcroft@remss.com
Contact Role:
Value: principalInvestigator
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: Frank J. Wentz
Organization Name: Remote Sensing Systems
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 707 545-2904 x16
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: Remote Sensing Systems
City: Santa Rosa
Administrative Area: CA
Postal Code: 95401
Country: USA
Email: wentz@remss.com
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Maintenance Information:
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Update Scope:
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Value: series
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Value: attribute
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Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
Contact Role:
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Descriptive Keywords:
Keywords
Keyword: Geographic Region > Global
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Keyword Thesaurus: Citation Information:
Title: NASA / GCMD Location Keywords
Date:
Date: 2008-02-05
Date Type:
Value: revision
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Keywords
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Spectral/Engineering > Microwave > Brightness Temperature
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Spectral/Engineering > Microwave > Microwave Imagery
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Value: discipline
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Keyword Thesaurus: Citation Information:
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Date:
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Keyword: EOS > Earth Observing System
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Date:
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Keyword: AE_L2A
Keyword: AMSR-E
Keyword: Aqua
Keyword: DAAC
Keyword: EOSDIS
Keyword: EOS PM-1
Keyword: Imagery
Keyword: NASA
Keyword: NSIDC
Keyword: Passive Microwave
Keyword: Radiance
Keyword: Radiometers
Keyword: Remote Sensing
Keyword: Spatially Resampled Brightness Temperatures
Keyword: spatial resolutions
Keyword: Tb
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Value: theme
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Dataset Constraints:
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Use Constraints:
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Other Constraints:
Access Constraints : none
Use Constraints : none
Language:
eng; usa
Character Set:
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Extent Information:
Spatial Temporal Extent:
Geographic Element:
Bounding Coordinates:
Westbound Longitude: -180
Eastbound Longitude: 180
Southbound Latitude: -89.24
Northbound Latitude: 89.24
Temporal Element:
Time Period:
Begin Position: 20020618
End Position: Unknown
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Distribution Information:
Distributor Information:
Distributor Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC DAAC User Services
Organization Name: NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
CodeList: CI_RoleCode
Distribution Format(s):
Data File Format:
Name: HDF-EOS
Specification: FTP 58 MB
Digital Transfer Options:
Online Transfer Options:
Online Resources:
Linkage: http://nsidc.org/data/amsre/order.html
Description: Data Access URL
Function:
Value: download
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Linkage: http://nsidc.org/data/docs/daac/ae_l2a_tbs.gd.html
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Offline Transfer Options:
Offline Resources:
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Value: onLine
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Density: 58
Density Units: B
Medium Name: FTP
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Data Acquisition Information:
Instrument Information:
Instrument:
Name: AMSR-E > Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
Type: sensor
Platform Information:
Platform:
Name: AQUA > Earth Observing System, AQUA
Description: satellite
Instrument: AMSR-E > Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
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