Wakasa Bay Weather Forecast Maps  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0462
Summary
The AMSR-E Wakasa Bay Field Campaign was conducted over Wakasa Bay, Japan, in January and February, 2003. The Wakasa Bay Field Campaign includes joint research observations, such as precipitation amount, pressure thickness, seal level pressure, and surface winds by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the AMSR precipitation validation team, and the NASA AMSR-E team. This data set contains weather forecast maps that were generated by the United States Air Force and were used in flight planning during the field experiment. The total volume of this data set is approximately 5 megabytes. Maps are provided in Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) files and are available via FTP.
The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) is a mission instrument launched aboard NASA's Aqua Satellite on 04 May 2002. AMSR-E validation studies linked to rainfall experiments are designed to evaluate the accuracy of AMSR-E precipitation data.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: 48°
S: 17°
E: 160°
W: 100°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Wilheit Jr., Thomas T.
Dataset Title: Wakasa Bay Weather Forecast Maps
Dataset Release Date: 2010-04-22
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0462.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2003-01-03
Stop Date: 2003-02-09
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT ASIA EASTERN ASIA JAPAN
- OCEAN PACIFIC OCEAN NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN SEA OF JAPAN
Science Keywords
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Pressure Pressure Thickness
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Pressure Sea Level Pressure
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Winds Surface Winds
- Atmosphere Precipitation Precipitation Amount
- Oceans Ocean Winds Surface Winds
Ancillary Keywords
- AMSR-E
- AMSR-E Validation
- Japan
- JAXA
- Precipitation
- Precipitation Amount
- Sea Level Pressure
- Sea Surface Winds
- Surface Winds
- weather
- WEATHER PREDICTION
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
Data Set Progress
complete
Originating Center
NSIDC_DAAC
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: 5 MB
Distribution Format: GIF
Personnel
Thomas Wilheit, Jr.
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- Department of Atmospheric Sciences
- Texas A&M University
- 3150 TAMU
City: College Park
Province or State: TX
Postal Code: 77843-3150
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
Related URL
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
AMSR/AMSR-E Wakasa Bay Field Campaign 2003
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
AMSR-E Validation Data
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
AMSR-E Validation Data
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
MSR/AMSR-E Wakasa Bay Field Campaign 2003
Reference
Kummerow, C., W. Barnes, T. Kozu, J. Shiue, and J. Simpson. 1998. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Sensor Package. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technology, 15:3 809-817.
Im, E. Durden, S. L. Haddad, Z. S. Sadowy, G. Berkun, A. Huang, J. Lou, M. Lopez, B. C. Rahmat-Samii, Y. Rengarajan. 2000. Second-Generation Spaceborne Precipitation Radar, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International. Vol. 3. pp. 1361-1363. Durden, S. L., E. Im, F. K. Li, W. Ricketts, A. Tanner, and W. Wilson. 1994. ARMAR: An Airborne Rain Mapping Radar. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technology, 11:3 727-737.
Sadowy, G. A., A. C. Berkun, W. Chun, E. Im, and S. L. Durden. 2003. Development of an Advanced Airborne Precipitation Radar. Microwave Journal, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 84-98.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2010-04-22
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-02-10
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