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Algorithm Characteristics

Version 2 (V002) Products

AMSR-L1A:

This improved version features empirical corrections to the Aqua scan azimuth and satellite flight direction. With corrected sun azimuth, sun elevation, earth azimuth, and earth incidence angles, the geometric accuracy of AMSR 89 GHz data improved to within 2 km, compared to Version 1 AMSRL1A data.

Temporal Coverage of AMSR Products by Algorithm

Note: Times are reported in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), for example, hh:mm.

AMSR-L1A

Version 2: 2003-01-28 (00:11) to 2003-10-24 (00:14)

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