AMSR-E/Aqua L2A Global Swath Spatially-Resampled Brightness Temperatures, Version 2

Data Contributors ASHCROFT, PETER WENTZ, FRANK J. Parameters MICROWAVE > BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE MICROWAVE > MICROWAVE IMAGERY Instruments AMSR-E : ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER-EOS

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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.

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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.

See Also

• AMSR-E web site at NSIDC
• NASA AMSR-E web site
• AMSR-E/Aqua Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures
• AMSR-E/Aqua Daily Global Quarter-Degree Gridded Brightness Temperatures
• AMSR-E Data at NSIDC
• Contact User Services