AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Global Swath Ocean Products derived from Wentz Algorithm  View Catalog Page Entry ID
AE_Ocean
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 water and energy cycles. Measurements of ocean variables improve our understanding of a wide variety of hydrological and radiative processes, including air-sea and air-ice interactions.
The Level-2B ocean swath product (AE_Ocean) contains Sea Surface Temperature (SST) at 56 km and 38 km resolution, near-surface wind speed at 38 km and 21 km resolution, columnar water vapor at 21 km resolution, columnar cloud liquid water at 12 km resolution, and quality flags. All variables were measured over oceans and are generated from the Wentz algorithm.
The Level-3 daily product (AE_DyOcn), weekly product (AE_WkOcn), and monthly product (AE_MoOcn) include SST, near-surface wind speed, columnar water vapor, and columnar cloud liquid water over oceans in a 0.25 degree by 0.25 degree grid, generated from AE_Ocean. 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: Wentz, F. J. and T. Meissner.
Dataset Title: AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Global Swath Ocean Products derived from Wentz Algorithm
Dataset Release Date: 2004-01-01
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Version: 2
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/ae_ocean.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2002-06-18
Data Resolution
Temporal Resolution: 00:50:00
Location Keywords
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION GLOBAL OCEAN
Science Keywords
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Water Vapor Precipitable Water
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Water Vapor Water Vapor
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Winds Surface Winds
- Atmosphere Clouds Cloud Liquid Water/Ice
- Atmosphere Clouds Cloud Precipitable Water
- Oceans Ocean Temperature Sea Surface Temperature
- Oceans Ocean Temperature Water Temperature
- Oceans Ocean Winds Surface Winds
Ancillary Keywords
- AE_Ocean
- AMSR-E
- Aqua
- Arctic Ocean
- Atlantic Ocean
- Atmospheric Surface Winds
- Cloud Droplets
- Cloud Liquid Water/Ice
- Cloud Precipitable Water
- Clouds
- Columnar Cloud Water
- Columnar Water Vapor
- Column Water Vapor
- DAAC
- EOSDIS
- EOS PM-1
- Equatorial Trade Winds
- Greenhouse Gases
- Imagery
- Indian Ocean
- NASA
- Near-surface Wind Speeds
- NSIDC
- Ocean Heat Flux
- OCEAN SURFACE WINDS
- Ocean Thermal Energy
- Ocean Water Temperature
- Pacific Ocean
- Passive Microwave
- Radiance
- Remote Sensing
- Sea Surface Temperature
- Sea Surface Winds
- Sea Surface Wind Speeds
- Vertically Integrated Cloud Liquid Water
- Vertically Integrated Water Vapor Over Oceans
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
- AQUA Earth Observing System, AQUA
Instrument
- AMSR-E Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
Project
- EOS Earth Observing System
Quality
Each HDF-EOS file contains core metadata with 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 (.xml file extension) is also delivered to NSIDC with the HDF-EOS file; it contains the same information as the core metadata. Three levels of quality assessment (QA) are conducted with the AMSR-E Level - 2 and -3 products: automatic, operational, and science QA. 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).
The Level-2B ocean files contain three data elements related to quality assurance: the Scan_quality_flag, the Ocean_summary_quality_flag, and the Ocean_products_quality_flag.
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: 9 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
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
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
Thomas Meissner
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 707 545-2904
Fax: 1 707 545-2906
Email: thomas@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
Thomas Meissner
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 707 545-2904
Fax: 1 707 545-2906
Email: thomas@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/Aqua Data at NSIDC
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
AMSR-E web site at NSIDC
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
NASA AMSR-E web site
Reference
Conway, D. 2002. Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - EOS Quality Assurance Plan. Huntsville, AL: Global Hydrology and Climate Center.
Meissner, Thomas and Frank J. Wentz. 2004. The Complex Dielectric Constant of Pure and Sea Water from Microwave Satellite Observations. IEEE TGARS 42(9): 1836 1849.
Meissner, Thomas and Frank J. Wentz. 2006. Ocean Retrievals for WindSat: Radiative Transfer Model, Algorithm, Validation. CD with proceedings of the 9th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing Applications. San Juan, Puerto Rico, 28 February 03 March 2006. IEEE Catalog no. 06EX1174C.
Meissner, Thomas and Frank J. Wentz. 2002. Analysis of the Ocean Surface Wind Direction Signal in Passive Microwave Brightness Temperatures. IEEE TGARS 40(6): 1230 1240.
Wentz, F. J., and T. Meissner. 2007. Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document: AMSR-E Ocean Algorithms Supplement 1. Santa Rosa, California, USA: Remote Sensing Systems. (View PDF File)
Wentz, F. and T. Meissner. 2000. AMSR Ocean Algorithm. Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document, Version 2. Santa Rosa, CA, USA: Remote Sensing Systems.
Wentz, Frank J. 1997. A Well-calibrated Ocean Algorithm for SSM/I. Journal of Geophy. Res 102: 8703 8718.
For more information regarding related publications, see the Research Using AMSR-E Data Web page.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2004-01-01
Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-01-23
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