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All About EASE-Grid |
The tables on this Web page provide descriptions of each EASE-Grid for the various data sets. Also provided for most of the data sets are links to tar files containing geolocation tools. These tools include map projection parameters(.mpp files), grid parameter definitions(.gpd files), latitude/longitude binary files, and conversion software such as C, FORTRAN (FORmula TRANslation), and IDL (Interactive Data Language). However, some of the tar files listed in these tables only contain look-up files and .gpd and .mpp descriptions for the respective grid. There is no special latitude/longitude to column/row conversion software for these data sets. The look-up files contain arrays with the latitude and longitude at the center of each grid cell. Users who want software to perform the conversion for any location, not just the center of each cell, should obtain the Map Transformations Library (Mapx) software.
Use the following links to navigate to the data set of your choice.
Brightness Temperatures (TB)[top] |
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Data Set |
Grid Name |
Coverage |
Resolution |
Geolocation Utilities |
| AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 Surface Soil Moisture, Interpretive Parms, & QC EASE-Grids (Documentation) |
ML | Global | 25 km | ML Geolocation Tar file (IDL, C, FORTRAN) |
| AMSR-E/Aqua Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures (Documentation) |
NL | Northern | 25 km | NL Geolocation Tar file (IDL, C, FORTRAN) |
| SL | Southern Hemisphere | 25 km | SL Geolocation Tar file (IDL, C, FORTRAN) |
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| ML | Global | 25 km | ML Geolocation Tar file (IDL, C, FORTRAN) |
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| DMSP SSM/I Pathfinder Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures (Documentation) |
NL | Northern Hemisphere | 25 km | NL Geolocation Tar file (IDL, C, FORTRAN) |
| NH | Northern Hemisphere | 12.5 km | NH Geolocation Tar file (IDL, C, FORTRAN) |
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| SL | Southern Hemisphere | 25 km | SL Geolocation Tar file (IDL, C, FORTRAN) |
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| SH | Southern Hemisphere | 12.5 km | SH Geolocation Tar file (IDL, C, FORTRAN) |
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| ML | Global | 25 km | ML Geolocation Tar file (IDL, C, FORTRAN) |
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| MH | Global | 12.5 km | MH Geolocation Tar file (IDL, C, FORTRAN) |
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| Nimbus-7 SMMR Pathfinder Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures (Documentation) |
NL | Northern Hemisphere | 25 km | NL Geolocation Tar file (IDL, C, FORTRAN) |
| SL | Southern Hemisphere | 25 km | SL Geolocation Tar file (IDL, C, FORTRAN) |
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| ML | Global | 25 km | ML Geolocation Tar file (IDL, C, FORTRAN) |
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Snow Water Equivalent[top] |
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Data Set |
Grid Name |
Coverage |
Resolution |
Geolocation Utilities |
| AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids (Documentation) |
NL | Northern Hemisphere | 25 km | NL Geolocation Tar file (IDL, C, FORTRAN) |
| SL | Southern Hemisphere | 25 km | SL Geolocation Tar file (IDL, C, FORTRAN) |
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| AMSR-E/Aqua 5-Day L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids (Documentation) |
NL | Northern Hemisphere | 25 km | NL Geolocation Tar file (IDL, C, FORTRAN) |
| SL | Southern Hemisphere | 25 km | SL Geolocation Tar file (IDL, C, FORTRAN) |
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| AMSR-E/Aqua Monthly L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids (Documentation) |
NL | Northern Hemisphere | 25 km | NL Geolocation Tar file (IDL, C, FORTRAN) |
| SL | Southern Hemisphere | 25 km | SL Geolocation Tar file (IDL, C, FORTRAN) |
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| Global Monthly EASE-Grid Snow Water Equivalent Climatology (Documentation) |
NL | Northern Hemisphere | 25 km | NL Geolocation Tar file (IDL, C, FORTRAN) |
| SL | Southern Hemisphere | 25 km | SL Geolocation Tar file (IDL, C, FORTRAN) |
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Ice[top] |
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Data Set |
Grid Name |
Coverage |
Resolution |
Geolocation Utilities |
| AARI 10-Day Arctic Ocean EASE-Grid Sea Ice Observations (Documentation) |
Naari | Subset of the Northern Hemisphere | 12.5 km | Naari
Geolocation Tar file (IDL) |
| Polar Pathfinder Daily 25 km EASE-Grid Sea Ice Motion Vectors (Documentation) |
Na251 | Subset of the Northern Hemisphere | 25 km | Na2
Geolocation Tar file (look-up files only, no software) |
| Sa251 | Subset of the Southern Hemisphere | 25 km | Sa2
Geolocation Tar file (look-up files only, no software) |
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| National Ice Center Arctic Sea Ice Charts and Climatologies in Gridded Format (Documentation) |
Na251 | Subset of the Northern Hemisphere | 25 km | Na2
Geolocation Tar file (look-up files only, no software) |
| Sa251 | Subset of the Southern Hemisphere | 25 km | Sa2
Geolocation Tar file (look-up files only, no software) |
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Snow[top] |
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Data Set |
Grid Name |
Coverage |
Resolution |
Geolocation Utilities |
| AVHRR Polar Pathfinder Twice-Daily 25 km EASE-Grid Composites (Documentation) |
Na251 | Subset of the Northern Hemisphere | 25 km | Na2
Geolocation Tar file (look-up files only, no software) |
| Sa251 | Subset of the Southern Hemisphere | 25 km | Sa2
Geolocation Tar file (look-up files only, no software) |
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Snow and Ice[top] |
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Data Set |
Grid Name |
Coverage |
Resolution |
Geolocation Utilities |
| Near Real-Time SSM/I EASE-Grid Daily Global Ice Concentration and Snow Extent (Documentation) |
NL | Northern Hemisphere | 25 km | NL Geolocation Tar file (IDL, C, FORTRAN) |
| SL | Southern Hemisphere | 25 km | SL Geolocation Tar file (IDL, C, FORTRAN) |
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| Northern Hemisphere EASE-Grid Weekly Snow Cover and Sea Ice Extent Version 3 (Documentation) |
NL | Northern Hemisphere | 25 km | NL Geolocation Tar file (IDL, C, FORTRAN) |
| TOVS Pathfinder Path-P Daily Arctic Gridded Atmospheric Parameters (Documentation) |
NpathP1 | Subset of the Northern Hemisphere | 100 km | TOVS Geolocation Tar file (IDL) |
1For information on how the Polar Pathfinder grids are related to one another, see the NOAA/NASA Polar Pathfinder Data Web page.
