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AE_SI6.003AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 6.25 km 89 GHz Brightness Temperature Polar GridsCavalieri, D. J., Markus, T. & Comiso, J. C.AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 6.25 km 89 GHz Brightness Temperature Polar Grids2014-07-01Boulder, Colorado USANASA NSIDC DAAC: NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center3false10.5067/AMSR-E/AE_SI6.003https://nsidc.org/sites/default/files/ae_si6-v003-userguide.pdfAE_SI6Technical ContactNSIDCUser Servicesnsidc@nsidc.org1-303-492-61991-303-492-2468

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BoulderCO80309-0449USAEARTH SCIENCESPECTRAL/ENGINEERINGMICROWAVEBRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE Climatology/Meteorology/AtmosphereAE_SI6AMSR-EAMSR-E-projectAquaBRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURESDAACEOSDISEOS PM-1ImageryNASANSIDCPassive Microwave RadiationPolar Stereo Brightness Temps-projectRadianceRemote SensingTbsAMSR-EAdvanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOSAquaEarth Observing System, Aqua2002-06-012011-10-04deprecated-90-39.23-18018030.9890-180180GEOGRAPHIC REGIONPOLAR6.25 KM6.25 KM6.25 KMThese data have been retired and are no longer accessible. However, a more recent version may be available.These data have been retired and are no longer accessible. However, a more recent version of may be available. Cite any prior or planned use of these data according to the recommended citation at https://nsidc.org/about/data-use-and-copyright. For more information on the NASA EOSDIS Data Use Policy, see https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/data-use-policy.EnglishNASA/MSFC/AMSR-E SIPSNASA NSIDC DAACNASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Centerhttps://nsidc.org/daacData Center ContactNSIDCUser Servicesnsidc@nsidc.org1-303-492-6199

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This Level-3 gridded product (AE_SI6) includes brightness temperatures at 89.0 GHz. Data are mapped to a polar stereographic grid at 6.25 km spatial resolution. This product is an intermediate product during processing of AMSR-E Level-3 sea ice products at 12.5 km and 25 km resolution.

VIEW RELATED INFORMATIONhttps://nsidc.org/sites/default/files/ae_si6-v003-userguide.pdfAMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 6.25 km 89 GHz Brightness Temperature Polar Grids, Version 3 User GuidePROJECT HOME PAGEhttps://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/AMSR/NASA AMSR-E web sitePROJECT HOME PAGEhttps://nsidc.org/data/amsre/AMSE-E web site at NSIDCCEOS IDN DIFVERSION 9.92014-07-012026-03-24NSIDCVersion Summary<p>Changes to the Version 3 algorithm for these data include:</p> <ul> <li>Uses Version 3 of the AMSR-E/Aqua L2A Global Swath Spatially-Resampled Brightness Temperatures data as input</li> <li>Improved Antarctic land mask: Includes an updated ice shelf definition created by the National Ice Center Science Department in June 2011, and an updated shoreline developed from ENVISAT and RADARSAT imagery from October 2009 to April 2010. Also, this updated version no longer uses the Level-2A land flag and only uses the updated land mask for surface type classification in the southern hemisphere sea ice concentration algorithm.</li> <li>Inclusion of ISO lineage metadata</li> </ul>NSIDCMinor VersionNSIDCSpatial Reference SystemsEPSG:3411NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic NorthEPSG:3412NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic SouthNSIDCLevel of ServiceNo Data AccessNSIDCFull Dataset CitationCavalieri, D. J., Markus, T. & Comiso, J. C. (2014). <i>AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 6.25 km 89 GHz Brightness Temperature Polar Grids</i>. (AE_SI6, Version 3). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5067/AMSR-E/AE_SI6.003">https://doi.org/10.5067/AMSR-E/AE_SI6.003</a>. [<i><describe subset used if applicable></i>].NSIDCRetiredtrue