AMMR Air and Brightness Temperature Data, Wakasa Bay  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0194
Summary
The Wakasa Bay Field Campaign was conducted in January and February 2003 to validate rainfall algorithms developed for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E). The primary objective was to validate both AMSR and AMSR-E shallow rainfall and snowfall retrievals. An Airborne Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (AMMR) aboard a NASA P-3 Orion collected 37 GHz and 21 GHz brightness temperatures (TBs) and air temperatures on 14 January, 19 January, 21 January, and 03 February 2003. All measurements fall within 30.6763 deg N to 41.476 deg N, 134.0313 deg E to 150.3528 deg E. Data are in tab-delimited ASCII text format and are available via FTP.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: 41.476°
S: 30.6763°
E: 150.3528°
W: 134.0313°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: J. Wang
Dataset Title: AMMR Air and Brightness Temperature Data, Wakasa Bay
Dataset Release Date: 2004-03-30
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0194.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2003-01-14
Stop Date: 2003-02-03
Data Resolution
Temporal Resolution: 00:00:01
Location Keywords
- OCEAN PACIFIC OCEAN NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN SEA OF JAPAN
Science Keywords
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Temperature Air Temperature
- Spectral/Engineering Microwave Brightness Temperature
Ancillary Keywords
- Aircraft
- Air Temperature
- AMSR-E
- Brightness Temperature
- EOSDIS
- NASA
- NSIDC DAAC
- Rainfall Algorithm
Platform
Instrument
- AMMR Airborne Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
Quality
Temperature sensitivity is < 0.5 K, and calibration accuracy is about +/- 4 K.
Data Set Progress
complete
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: 1.55 to 1.99 MB
Distribution Format: ASCII Text
Personnel
James Wang
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: jwang@pop900.gsfc.nasa.gov
Contact Address:
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Code 975
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
Related URL
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
AMSR-E Validation Data
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
AMSR-E Validation Data
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
Wasaka Bay Field Experiment
Reference
'NASA Joins Snow Study over the Sea of Japan.' 29 January 2003. http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/2003/0122japansnow.html. Accessed March 2004.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2004-03-30
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-07-06
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