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What's hot in the news around climate and sea ice and what are scientists talking about now? AMSR-E Observation Times
AMSR-E observes a given location on Earth from zero to eight times per day depending on latitude, longitude, and phase of Aqua's orbit. Figure 1 shows the minimum, maximum, and average number of times that AMSR-E observes a location at a given latitude. The average is around one-degree latitude bands.
For example, at the equator on a given day, AMSR-E does not observe certain longitudes that fall between orbits on that day. At other longitudes, where subsequent orbits overlap, AMSR-E observes that point twice per day. On the average, AMSR-E observes each longitude at the equator slightly more than once per day.
