AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Global Swath Rain Rate/Type GSFC Profiling Algorithm, Version 2

Data Contributors WILHEIT, JR., THOMAS KUMMEROW, CHRISTIAN FERRARO, RALPH ADLER, ROBERT Parameters PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION RATE PRECIPITATION > RAIN 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 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.

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R. Adler, T. Wilheit Jr., C. Kummerow, R. Ferraro. 2004, updated daily. AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Global Swath Rain Rate/Type GSFC Profiling Algorithm. 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 Data at NSIDC
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