AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 12.5 km Brightness Temperature, Sea Ice Concentration, & Snow Depth Polar Grids, Version 2

Data Contributors CAVALIERI, DONALD J. COMISO, JOSEPHINO 'JOEY' C. MARKUS, THORSTEN Parameters MICROWAVE > BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE MICROWAVE > MICROWAVE IMAGERY SEA ICE > SEA ICE CONCENTRATION SEA ICE > SNOW DEPTH Instruments AMSR-E : ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER-EOS

Documentation    Order Data    

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 land, ocean, and atmospheric variables for the investigation of water and energy cycles.

This Level-3 gridded product (AE_SI12) includes brightness temperatures at 18.7 through 89.0 GHz, sea ice concentration, and snow depth over sea ice. Data are mapped to a polar stereographic grid at 12.5 km spatial resolution. Sea ice concentration and brightness temperatures include daily ascending averages, daily descending averages, and daily averages; snow depth over sea ice data is a five-day running average. Data are stored in HDF-EOS format and are available from 19 June 2002 to present via FTP.

View Metadata Record

Data Citation

The following example shows how to cite the use of this data set in a publication. For more information, see our Use and Copyright Web page.

Cavalieri, D. J., T. Markus, and J. C. Comiso. 2003. AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 12.5 km Brightness Temperature, Sea Ice Concentration, & Snow Depth Polar Grids. 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 Data at NSIDC
• Sea Ice Products at NSIDC
• Contact User Services