NSIDC-0451
Daily Global Land Surface Parameters Derived from AMSR-E
Jones, Lucas A. and John S. Kimball
Daily Global Land Surface Parameters Derived from AMSR-E
2010-03-10updated 2012.
Boulder, Colorado USA
NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0451.html
Investigator
Lucas
A.
Jones
lucas@ntsg.umt.edu
University of Montana
Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group (NTSG)
,
Missoula
MT
59812
USA
Investigator
John
S.
Kimball
johnk@ntsg.umt.edu
University of Montana
Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group (NTSG)
Missoula
MT
59812
USA
Technical Contact
NSIDC
User Services
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National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
EARTH SCIENCE
Atmosphere
Atmospheric Radiation
Transmittance
EARTH SCIENCE
Atmosphere
Atmospheric Temperature
Surface Air Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE
Atmosphere
Atmospheric Water Vapor
Water Vapor
EARTH SCIENCE
Land Surface
Soils
Soil Moisture/Water Content
EARTH SCIENCE
Terrestrial Hydrosphere
Surface Water
Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
AMSR-E
AMSR-E Validation
Atmosphere
Canopy Cover
Daily Data
EASE-Grid
Global
Land Surface
Maximum Daily
Minimum Daily
NSIDC DAAC
NSIDC > National Snow and Ice Data Center
Passive Microwave Brightness Temperatures
Passive Microwave Data
AMSR-E
Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
AQUA
Earth Observing System, AQUA
2002-06-19
2011-09-27
complete
-90
90
-180
180
GEOGRAPHIC REGION
GLOBAL
GEOGRAPHIC REGION
GLOBAL LAND
25 km
25 km
1 day
The data are appropriate for global change related assessment of land-atmosphere water, energy and carbon cycle interactions. Although extensive quality checking has been completed, these are research data and the user is responsible for their own quality checking and should be aware that spurious values may exist. The authors hold no responsibly for conclusions drawn from spurious data. We appreciate constructive and well-documented feedback to help make these data more useful. Questions and feedback should be sent to Lucas Jones (lucas@ntsg.umt.edu).
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Data Center Contact
NSIDC
User Services
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1 303 492-6199
1 303 492-2468
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
NSIDC
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Data Center Contact
NSIDC
User Services
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1 303 492-6199
1 303 492-2468
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
FTP
7 GB
Binary
Ashcroft, Peter and Frank Wentz. 2006, updated daily. AMSR-E/Aqua L2A Global Swath Spatially-Resampled Brightness Temperatures V002, 19 June 2002 to 31 December 2008. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media.
Ashcroft, P., F. Wentz. 1999. Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document, AMSR Level 2A Algorithm, RSS Tech. Report 121 599B-1. Santa Rosa, CA.
Comiso, J.C., D. J. Cavalieri, T. Markus. 2003. Sea Ice Concentration, Ice Temperature, and Snow Depth Using AMSR-E Data. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens. 41(2): 243-52. Grody, N. C. 1988. Surface Identification Using Satellite Microwave Radiometers. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens. 26: 850-9.
Jones, L. A., C. R. Ferguson, J. S. Kimball, K. Zhang, S. K. Chan, K. C. McDonald, E. G. Njoku, E. F. Wood. 2010 (in press). Daily Land Surface Air Temperature Retrieval from AMSR-E: Comparison with AIRS/AMSU. IEEE J. Appl. Earth Obs. Rem. Sens. (J-STARS).
Jones, L. A., J. S. Kimball, E. Podest, K. C. McDonald, S. K. Chan, E. G. Njoku. 2009. A Method for Deriving Land Surface Moisture, Vegetation, and Open Water Fraction from AMSRE. IEEE Int. Geosci. Rem. Sens. Symp. IGARSS 09, July 13-17, Cape Town, South Africa.
Knowles, K. W., M. H. Savoie, R. L. Armstrong, and M. J. Brodzik. 2006, updated 2009. AMSRE/Aqua Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures, Version 3. 19 June 2002 to 31 December 2008. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media.
McDonald, K. C., J. S. Kimball. 2005. Chapter 53: Freeze-Thaw States Using Both Active and Passive Microwave Sensors. In Encyclopedia of Hydrological sciences, M. G. Anderson, (Ed.); John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, N.J. pp. 1-15.
Notice to Data Users: The documentation for this data set was provided solely by the Principal Investigator(s) and was not further developed, thoroughly reviewed, or edited by NSIDC. Thus, support for this data set may be limited.
This data set contains satellite-retrieved geophysical parameter files generated from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) instrument on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Aqua satellite. The daily parameter retrievals extend from 19 June 2002 to 27 September 2011 and include daily air temperature minima and maxima (ta) at approximately 2 m in height; fractional cover of open water on land (fw); vegetation canopy microwave transmittance (tc); surface soil moisture (mv) at ≤ 2 cm soil depth; and integrated water vapor content of the intervening atmosphere (V) for the total column. The global retrievals were derived over land for non-precipitating, non-snow, and non-ice covered conditions. The primary input data were daily AMSR-E dual polarized multi-frequency, ascending and descending overpass brightness temperature data. The total volume for this data set is approximately seven gigabytes. Data are provided in zipped binary files and are available via FTP.
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