AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L2B Half-Orbit 25 km EASE-Grid Surface Soil Moisture, Version 1
Data set id:
AU_Land
DOI: 10.5067/IKQ0G7ODMLC7
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
Initial release
Overview
This Level-2B AMSR Unified product contains surface soil moisture at 25 km resolution, estimated from AMSR-E and AMSR2 brightness temperature observations using two different approaches: the Normalized Polarization Difference (NPD) algorithm and the Single Channel Algorithm (SCA). Data are provided in the NSIDC EASE-Grid Global projection.
Soil moisture estimates are derived from AMSR-E and AMSR2 data which have been spatially resampled by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to intercalibrate, or “unify,” the two sensors.
Parameter(s):
BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE
SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT
VEGETATION WATER CONTENT
Platform(s):
Aqua
GCOM-W1
Sensor(s):
AMSR-E
AMSR2
Data Format(s):
HDF-EOS5
Temporal Coverage:
- 1 June 2002 to 4 October 2011
- 2 July 2012 to present
Temporal Resolution:
- 50 minute
Spatial Resolution:
- 25 km
- 25 km
Spatial Reference System(s):
- NSIDC EASE-Grid GlobalEPSG:3410
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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