AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Global Swath Ocean Products derived from Wentz Algorithm, Version 2 (AE_Ocean)
Data set:
AE_Ocean
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.
Data Contributor(s):
- FrankWentz
- ThomasMeissner
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
Temporal Coverage:
19 June 2002 to 3 October 2011
Temporal Resolution:
50 minute
Spatial Resolution:
varies
varies
Spatial Coverage:
N:
89.24
S:
-89.24
E:
180
W:
-180
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How To
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Getting started
The following table describes the data subsetting, reformatting, and reprojection services that are currently available for AMSR-E data via the NASA Earthdata Search tool.
A typical AMSR-E swath width consists of approximately 2000 scans, with 243 pixels per scan for the 6.9 GHz to 36.5 GHz channels, and 486 pixels per scan for the 89.0 GHz channel.