AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Global Swath Rain Rate/Type GSFC Profiling Algorithm

Data Contributors

WILHEIT, JR., THOMAS
KUMMEROW, CHRISTIAN
FERRARO, RALPH
ADLER, ROBERT

Parameters

PRECIPITATION RATE
RAIN

Instruments

AMSR-E : ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER-EOS

The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) instrument on the NASA EOS Aqua satellite provides global passive microwave measurements of terrestrial, oceanic, and atmospheric variables for the investigation of water and energy cycles.

This Level-2B swath product (AE_Rain) contains instantaneous measurements of rain rate and rain type (convective vs. stratiform), generated from Level-2A brightness temperatures (AE_L2A). The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Profiling algorithm determines rain rate and type over ocean areas, and a Modified GSFC Profiling algorithm over land. Data are stored in HDF-EOS format, and are available from 18 June 2002 to present via FTP.

Data Citation

The following example shows how to cite the use of this data set in a publication. List the principal investigators, year of data set release, data set title and version number, dates of the data you used (for example, March to June 2004), publisher: NSIDC, and digital media.

Adler, Robert, Thomas Wilheit, Jr., Christian Kummerow, and Ralph Ferraro. 2007, updated daily. AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Global Swath Rain Rate/Type GSFC Profiling Algorithm V002, [list the dates of the data used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media.