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AMSR-E

Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System Sensor on the NASA Aqua Satellite
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Validation Data

The following table includes AMSR-E validation data sets. Additional AMSR-E validation sets can also be found in the CNSIDC DAAC CLPX data collection which includes data from the NASA-NOAA Cold Land Processes Field Experiment.

Data for this collection: 156
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NAMESENSOR(S)SPATIAL COVERAGEPARAMETER(S)
AMSRIce03 Landsat-7 ETM+ Imagery, Version 1 (NSIDC-0431)ETM+
N:
74
S:
58
E:
-145
W:
-175
INFRARED IMAGERYSEA ICE CONCENTRATIONVISIBLE IMAGERY
AMSRIce03 MODIS Imagery, Version 1 (NSIDC-0432)MODIS
N:
84.27
S:
40.94
E:
-105.82
W:
-160.94

N:
80.68
S:
42.04
E:
-148.96
W:
-174.78

N:
79.31
S:
42.54
E:
-159.65
W:
-175.63

N:
77.58
S:
42.95
E:
-142.41
W:
-172.42

N:
86.6
S:
44.52
E:
-103.35
W:
-168.62

N:
82.04
S:
56.78
E:
-106.22
W:
-169.64
VISIBLE IMAGERY
AMSRIce03 Photomosaics, Version 1 (NSIDC-0430)CAMERAS
N:
71.28
S:
71.18
E:
-156.15
W:
-156.4
ICE EXTENTICE ROUGHNESSSNOW COVER
AMSRIce03 Sea Ice Thickness Data, Version 1 (NSIDC-0426)CONDUCTIVITY METERS
N:
72.95
S:
72.9
E:
-147.5
W:
-147.65

N:
71.28
S:
71.18
E:
-156.15
W:
-156.4
CONDUCTIVITYICE DEPTH/THICKNESSSALINITYSNOW DEPTH
AMSRIce03 Snow Depth Data, Version 1 (NSIDC-0424)PROBES
N:
72.95
S:
72.9
E:
-147.5
W:
-147.65

N:
71.28
S:
71.18
E:
-156.15
W:
-156.4
SNOW DEPTH
AMSRIce03 Snow Ice Temperature Data, Version 1 (NSIDC-0428)PROBES, THERMISTORS
N:
71.28
S:
71.18
E:
-156.15
W:
-156.4
AIR TEMPERATUREICE TEMPERATURESNOW DEPTH
AMSRIce03 Snow Pit Data, Version 1 (NSIDC-0429)BALANCE, CORING DEVICES, SNOW DENSITY CUTTER
N:
72.95
S:
72.9
E:
-147.5
W:
-147.65

N:
71.28
S:
71.18
E:
-156.15
W:
-156.4
DEPTH HOARICE DEPTH/THICKNESSSNOW DENSITYSNOW STRATIGRAPHYSNOW WATER EQUIVALENT
AMSRIce03 Surface Roughness Data, Version 1 (NSIDC-0427)LASERS, SNOW MEASURING ROD
N:
71.28
S:
71.18
E:
-156.15
W:
-156.4
ICE ROUGHNESSSEA ICE ELEVATIONSNOW DEPTH
AMSRIce06 Aerial Photographs, Version 1 (NSIDC-0459)CAMERAS, GPS
N:
76.87383
S:
64.81921
E:
-147.86187
W:
-168.30655
ICE EXTENTICE ROUGHNESSSNOW COVER
AMSRIce06 Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) Lidar Data, Version 1 (NSIDC-0461)ATM, CAMERAS, GPS
N:
71.9577
S:
64.8929
E:
-148.2055
W:
-166.1468
ICE EXTENTICE ROUGHNESSSNOW COVER
Meltpond2000 Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer Sea Ice Brightness Temperatures, Version 1 (NSIDC-0208)INFRARED RADIOMETERS, RADIOMETERS
N:
76.42194
S:
68.96694
E:
-63.19694
W:
-105.02194
BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATUREICE TEMPERATURE
PALS/In Situ Multi-Campaign 800 m UTM Grid Brightness Temperature, Backscatter, and Soil Moisture Match-Up, Version 1 (NSIDC-0666)PALS
N:
35.21
S:
34.91
E:
-97.83
W:
-98.67

N:
41.99
S:
41.92
E:
-93.4
W:
-93.8

N:
39.09
S:
38.95
E:
-75.54
W:
-76.18
BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURELAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATIONSOIL CLASSIFICATIONSOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENTSOIL TEMPERATUREVEGETATION WATER CONTENT
SMEX02 Airborne GPS Bistatic Radar Data, Iowa, Version 1 (NSIDC-0275)GPS RECEIVERS
N:
42.005
S:
41.915
E:
-93.4
W:
-93.8
RADAR IMAGERY
SMEX02 Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR) Data, Iowa, Version 1 (NSIDC-0206)AIRSAR
N:
42.389
S:
41.308
E:
-93.017
W:
-93.913
RADAR BACKSCATTERRADAR IMAGERY
SMEX02 Aircraft Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer (PSR) Data, Version 1 (NSIDC-0205)PSR
N:
42.732
S:
41.694
E:
-93.161
W:
-93.841
BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURESOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT
SMEX02 AMSR-E Level 3 Daily Gridded Brightness Temperatures, Iowa, Version 1 (NSIDC-0196)AMSR-E
N:
45
S:
39
E:
-89
W:
-98
BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE
SMEX02 ASTER Level 1B Data, Iowa, Version 1 (NSIDC-0197)ASTER
N:
42.73
S:
41.7
E:
-93.16
W:
-93.84
INFRARED IMAGERYINFRARED RADIANCESHORTWAVE RADIATIONTHERMAL INFRAREDVISIBLE RADIANCE
SMEX02 Atmospheric Aerosol Optical Properties Data, Version 1 (NSIDC-0239)AEROSOL MONITOR, AEROSOL/CLOUD PARTICLE SIZER, RADIOMETERS, SPECTRORADIOMETERS
N:
56
S:
-41
E:
-92.11
W:
-92.45
AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESSAEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIESAEROSOL RADIANCEPRECIPITABLE WATERPRECIPITATION RATEVISIBLE RADIANCE
SMEX02 Balloon-borne Radiosonde Data, Iowa, Version 1 (NSIDC-0231)RADIOSONDES
N:
41
S:
41
E:
-93.61
W:
-93.61
AIR TEMPERATUREATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTSDEW POINT TEMPERATUREHUMIDITYSTATION HEIGHTUPPER LEVEL WINDSVERTICAL WIND MOTIONWIND PROFILES
SMEX02 CODIAC Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) Data, Iowa, Version 1 (NSIDC-0238)AERS, BAROMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, PAR SENSORS, SOIL HEAT PROBE, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL SAMPLER, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, WET/DRY PRECIPITATION SAMPLERS, WIND PROFILERS
N:
44
S:
34.5
E:
-90
W:
-99
AIR TEMPERATUREHUMIDITYLAND SURFACE TEMPERATUREPRECIPITATION AMOUNTSOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENTSOIL TEMPERATURESOLAR RADIATIONSURFACE WINDS
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