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Calibrated Enhanced-Resolution Passive Microwave Daily EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperature ESDR, Version 2
Data set id:
NSIDC-0630
DOI: 10.5067/19LHYLUXZ22M
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Changes to this version include:
- Change in the input data streams for SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR-E
- Addition of AMSR2 data
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Overview

The Calibrated Enhanced-Resolution Passive Microwave Daily EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperature ESDR, Version 2 data set is a multi-sensor Level 3 Earth Science Data Record (ESDR) with improvements upon Version 1 in cross-sensor calibration and quality checking, modern file formats, better quality control, improved projection grids, and local time-of-day (LTOD) processing. These data are gridded to three EASE-Grid 2.0 projections (North Azimuthal, South Azimuthal, and Cylindrical) and include enhanced-resolution imagery, as well as coarse-resolution, averaged imagery. Inputs include brightness temperature data from the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR), Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I), Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS), Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E), and Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2).
Parameter(s):
BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE
Platform(s):
Aqua
DMSP 5D-2/F10
DMSP 5D-2/F11
DMSP 5D-2/F13
DMSP 5D-2/F14
DMSP 5D-2/F8
DMSP 5D-3/F15
DMSP 5D-3/F16
DMSP 5D-3/F17
DMSP 5D-3/F18
DMSP 5D-3/F19
GCOM-W1
Nimbus-7
Sensor(s):
AMSR-E
AMSR2
SMMR
SSM/I
SSMIS
Data Format(s):
netCDF-4
Temporal Coverage:
  • 25 October 1978 to present
Temporal Resolution:
  • 12 hour
Spatial Resolution:
  • Not Specified
Spatial Reference System(s):
  • WGS 84 / NSIDC EASE-Grid 2.0 North
    EPSG:6931
  • WGS 84 / NSIDC EASE-Grid 2.0 South
    EPSG:6932
  • WGS 84 / NSIDC EASE-Grid 2.0 Global
    EPSG:6933
Spatial Coverage:
  • N:
    90
    S:
    -90
    E:
    180
    W:
    -180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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