The AMSR/ADEOS-II Level 1A product includes core metadata and product-specific attributes. Some attributes, such as ProductionDateTime, will vary among files.
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Core Metadata
Product Specific Attributes
| Object Name | Example Value |
| ShortName | AMSR-L1A |
| VersionID | RELEASE2 |
| SizeMBECSDataGranule | 43.4 |
| LocalGranuleID | A2AMS03012813MA_P01A0000000 |
| ProcessingLevelID | L1A |
| ProductionDateTime | 2005-04-13T10:06:58.000Z |
| RangeBeginningTime | 05:06:15.13Z |
| RangeBeginningDate | 2003-01-28 |
| RangeEndingTime | 05:57:16.40Z |
| RangeEndingDate | 2003-01-28 |
| GringPointLatitude | 70.22 -80.70 -39.85 19.77 71.19 82.27 22.38 -36.68 |
| GringPointLongitude | 17.62 79.58 -109.51 -122.06 -179.82 -114.54 -104.20 -88.02 |
| PGEName | L1A_Process_Software |
| PGEVersion | 2*22*22***22220222 |
| InputPointer | A2_AMS_MDR_HEOC_L0_SIG_20040529_4020 A2_AMS_MDR_HEOC_L0_SIG_20040529_4021 |
| ProcessingCenter | JAXA EOC |
| ContactOrganizationName | JAXA 1401 Ohashi Hatoyama-machi Hiki-gun Saitama 350-0393 JAPAN +81-49-298-1307 orderdesk@eoc.jaxa.jp |
| StartOrbitNumber | 289 |
| StopOrbitNumber | 290 |
| EquatorCrossingLongitude | 108.24 |
| EquatorCrossingDate | 2003-01-28 |
| EquatorCrossingTime | 05:34:13.50Z |
| OrbitDirection | ASCENDING |
| EphemerisGranulePointer | EL20030128 |
| EphemerisType | ELMD |
| PlatformShortName | ADEOS-2 |
| SensorShortName | AMSR |
| NumberofScans | 2042 |
| NumberofMissingScan | 0 |
| ECSDataModel | B.0 |
| DiscontinuityVirtualChannel | Continuation |
| QALocationOfPacket | Continuation |
| NumberofPackets | 32672 |
| NumberofInputFiles | 2 |
| NumberofMissingPackets | 0 |
| NumberofGoodPackets | 32672 |
| EphemerisQA | OK |
| AutomaticQAFlag | Pass |
| AutomaticQAFlagExplanation | 1. MissingDataQA: Less than 20 is available->OK 2. AntennaRotationQA: Less than 20 is available->OK 3. HotCalibrationSourceQA: Less than 20 is available->OK 4. AttitudeDataQA: Less than 20 is available->OK 5. EphemerisDataQA: Less than 20 is available->OK 6. QualityofGeometricInformationQA: Less than 0 is available->OK 7. BrightnessTemperatureQA: Less than 20 is available->OK All items are OK, 'PASS' is employed |
| QAPercentMissingData | 0 |
| QAPercentOutofBoundsData | 0 |
| QAPercentParityErrorData | 0 |
| ProcessingQADescription | PROC_COMP |
| Attribute Name | Sample Value |
| SatelliteOrbit | Sun-synchronous_sub-recurrent |
| Altitude | 802.9km |
| OrbitSemiMajorAxis | 7181.317km |
| OrbitEccentricity | 0.00007 |
| OrbitArgumentPerigee | 244.018deg |
| OrbitInclination | 98.62deg |
| OrbitPeriod | 101minutes |
| RevisitTime | 4days |
| AMSRChannel | 6.925GHz 10.65GHz 18.7GHz 23.8GHz 36.5GHz 50.3GHz 52.8GHz 89.0GHz-A 89.0GHz-B |
| AMSRBandWidth | 6G-350MHz 10G-100MHz 18G-200MHz 23G-400MHz 36G-1000MHz 50.3G-200MHz 52G-400MHz 89GA-3000MHz 89GB-3000MHz |
| AMSRBeamWidth | 6G-1.8deg 10G-1.2deg 18G-0.64deg 23G-0.75deg 36G-0.35deg 50.3G-0.25deg 52G-0.25deg 89GA-0.15deg 89GB-0.15deg |
| OffNadir | 46.7deg : for 89GB 46.3deg |
| SpatialResolution(AzXEI) | 6G-39.8kmX69.5km 10G-26.6kmX46.3km 18G-14.4kmX25.1km 23G-16.6kmX28.9km 36G-7.7kmX13.5km 50.3G-5.5kmX9.6km 52G-5.5kmX9.6km 89GA-3.3kmX5.8km 89GB-3.3kmX5.7km |
| ScanningPeriod | 1.5sec |
| SwathWidth | 1600km |
| DynamicRange | 2.7K-340K |
| DataFormatType | NCSA-HDF |
| HDFFormatVersion | Ver4.1r2 |
| EllipsoidName | WGS84 |
| SemiMajorAxisofEarth | 6378.1km |
| FlatteningRatioofEarth | 0.00335 |
| SensorAlignment | Rx=0.00000 Ry=0.00000 Rz=0.00000 |
| ThermistorCountRangeWx | 61 138 301 456 591 698 780 840 883 915 937 954 966 974 1023 |
| ThermistorConversionTableWa | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 |
| ThermistorConversionTableWb | 0.00000 0.06500 0.06100 0.06500 0.07400 0.09400 0.12200 0.16700 0.23300 0.31300 0.45500 0.58800 0.83300 1.25000 0.00000 |
| ThermistorConversionTableWc | 35.0000 -38.9610 -38.4660 -39.4190 -46.7780 -55.2340 -75.1220 -110.0000 -165.3490 -235.9830 -365.9090 -491.1760 -725.0000 -1127.5000 90.0000 |
| ThermistorConversionTableWd | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 |
| Platinum#1CountRangeWx | 1168 1296 1536 1752 4096 |
| Platinum#1ConversionTableWa | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 |
| Platinum#1ConversionTableWb | 0.00000 0.03900 0.04200 0.03900 0.04200 |
| Platinum#1ConversionTableWc | 35.0000 -80.6250 -84.0000 -80.0000 -84.6670 |
| Platinum#1ConversionTableWd | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 |
| Platinum#2CountRangeWx | 272 1296 1536 1792 2032 2288 3248 3472 3712 4096 |
| Platinum#2ConversionTableWa | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 |
| Platinum#2ConversionTableWb | 0.00000 0.07800 0.08300 0.07800 0.08300 0.07800 0.08300 0.07800 0.08300 0.00000 |
| Platinum#2ConversionTableWc | 140.0000 -161.2500 -168.0000 -160.0000 -169.3330 -158.7500 -170.6670 -190.0000 -169.3330 140.0000 |
| Platinum#2ConversionTableWd | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 |
| Platinum#3CountRangeWx | 590 1473 2575 3675 4096 |
| Platinum#3ConversionTableWa | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 |
| Platinum#3ConversionTableWb | 0.00000 0.00900 0.00910 0.00910 0.00910 |
| Platinum#3ConversionTableWc | 12.0000 6.6900 6.6500 6.5700 6.4700 |
| Platinum#3ConversionTableWd | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 |
| CoefficientAvv | 6G-1.031 10G-1.027 18G-1.022 23G-1.029 36G-1.030 50G-1.024 52G-1.030 89GA-1.029 89GB-1.030 |
| CoefficientAhv | 6G--0.003 10G--0.003 18G--0.003 23G--0.003 36G--0.003 50G-0.000 52G-0.000 89GA--0.004 89GB--0.004 |
| CoefficientAov | 6G--0.028 10G--0.024 18G--0.019 23G--0.026 36G--0.027 50G--0.024 52G--0.030 89GA--0.025 89GB--0.026 |
| CoefficientAhh | 6G-1.031 10G-1.027 18G-1.022 23G-1.032 36G-1.030 50G-0.000 52G-0.000 89GA-1.028 89GB-1.029 |
| CoefficientAvh | 6G--0.003 10G--0.002 18G--0.003 23G--0.007 36G--0.004 50G-0.000 52G-0.000 89GA--0.004 89GB--0.005 |
| CoefficientAoh | 6G--0.027 10G--0.025 18G--0.019 23G--0.024 36G--0.026 50G-0.000 52G-0.000 89GA--0.024 89GB--0.024 |
| CSM Temperature | 6GV-2.800 6GH-2.800 10GV-2.800 10GH-2.800 18GV-2.800 18GH-2.800 23GV-2.800 23GH-2.800 36GV-2.800 36GH-2.800 50GV-2.800 52GV-2.800 89GAV-2.800 89GAH-2.800 89GBV-2.800 89GBH-2.800 |
| CoRegistrationParameterA1 | 6G--0.27500 10G--0.70900 18G--0.54400 23G--0.33000 36G--0.45900 50G--0.37000 |
| CoRegistrationParameterA2 | 6G-0.00000 10G-0.00000 18G-0.00000 23G-0.00000 36G-0.00000 50G-0.00000 |
| CalibrationCurveCoefficient#1 | 6GV--0.1919871 6GH--0.0994771 10GV--0.0140960 10GH--0.0011593 18GV-0.0000000 18GH-0.0000000 23GV--0.1514239 23GH--0.1514239 36GV--0.0264439 36GH--0.0555515 50GV-0.0000000 52GV-0.0000000 89GAV--0.0197245 89GAH--0.0632250 89GBV--0.0186104 89GBH--0.0659556 |
| CalibrationCurveCoefficient#2 | 6GV-1.0692195 6GH-1.0358657 10GV-1.0050821 10GH-1.0004180 18GV-1.0000000 18GH-1.0129884 23GV-1.0545937 23GH-1.0545937 36GV-1.0095340 36GH-1.0200283 50GV-1.0000000 52GV-1.0000000 89GAV-1.0071118 89GAH-1.0227955 89GBV-1.0067097 89GBH-1.0237784 |
| CalibrationCurveCoefficient#3 | 6GV--0.0002331 6GH--0.0001208 10GV--0.0000171 10GH--0.0000014 18GV-0.0000000 18GH--0.0000436 23GV--0.0001835 23GH--0.0001835 36GV--0.0000321 36GH--0.0000673 50GV-0.0000000 52GV-0.0000000 89GAV--0.0000241 89GAH--0.0000768 89GBV--0.0000225 89GBH--0.0000796 |
| CalibrationCurveCoefficient#4 | 6GV-0.0000000 6GH-0.0000000 10GV-0.0000000 10GH-0.0000000 18GV-0.0000000 18GH-0.0000000 23GV-0.0000000 23GH-0.0000000 36GV-0.0000000 36GH-0.0000000 50GV-0.0000000 52GV-0.0000000 89GAV-0.0000000 89GAH-0.0000000 89GBV-0.0000000 89GBH-0.0000000 |
| CalibrationCurveCoefficient#5 | 6GV-0.0000000 6GH-0.0000000 10GV-0.0000000 10GH-0.0000000 18GV-0.0000000 18GH-0.0000000 23GV-0.0000000 23GH-0.0000000 36GV-0.0000000 36GH-0.0000000 50GV-0.0000000 52GV-0.0000000 89GAV-0.0000000 89GAH-0.0000000 89GBV-0.0000000 89GBH-0.0000000 |
| CalibrationMethod | RxTemperatureReferenced SpillOver CSMInterpolation Absolute89GPositioning NonlinearityCorrection |
| HTSCorrectionParameterVersion | ver0002 |
| SpillOverParameterVersion | ver0001 |
| CSMInterpolationParameterVersion | ver0001 |
| Absolute89GPositioningParameterVersion | ver0001 |
