AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Global Swath Ocean Products derived from Wentz Algorithm, Version 2
Data set id:
AE_Ocean
DOI: 10.5067/AMSR-E/AE_OCEAN.002
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
Overview
This daily Level-2B swath data set includes Sea Surface Temperature (SST), Near-Surface Wind Speed, Columnar Water Vapor, and Cloud liquid Water data arrays, and was used as input to generate the following daily, weekly, and monthly Level-3 gridded ocean products; AE_DyOcn, AE_WkOcn, and AE_MoOcn.
Parameter(s):
CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE
CLOUD PRECIPITABLE WATER
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
SURFACE WINDS
WATER TEMPERATURE
WATER VAPOR INDICES
Platform(s):
AQUA
Sensor(s):
AMSR-E
Data Format(s):
HDF-EOS2
ASCII
Temporal Coverage:
- 19 June 2002 to 3 October 2011
Temporal Resolution:
- 50 minute
Spatial Resolution:
- varies
- varies
Spatial Reference System(s):
Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
- N:89.24S:-89.24E:180W:-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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