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NSIDC-0451

Daily Global Land Parameters Derived from AMSR-E and AMSR2, Version 2

This data set contains satellite-retrieved geophysical parameter files generated from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) instrument on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Aqua satellite and the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) sensor on the JAXA GCOM-W1 satellite. The geophysical parameters include daily air surface temperature, fractional open water cover estimates, vegetation optical depth, surface volumetric soil moisture, and atmosphere total column precipitable water vapor. The global retrievals were derived over land for non-precipitating, non-snow, and non-ice covered conditions.

This is the most recent version of these data.

Version Summary:

For Version 2, data were processed for the entire AMSR-E operational record (19 June 2002 to 4 October 2011) and part of the AMSR2 record (24 July 2012 to 30 June 2017), with planned updates and LPDR continuity enabled from continuing AMSR2 operations. The associated version 2 algorithms were revised from the prior version 1 algorithm (Jones et al, 2010) and as detailed in the literature by Du et al., 2014, 2015 and 2016) and summarized in (Du et al., 2017).

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Parameter(s):
  • Atmospheric Water Vapor > Precipitable Water
  • Soils > Soil Moisture/Water Content
  • Atmospheric Temperature > Surface Air Temperature
  • Surface Water
  • Vegetation > Vegetation Index
Data Format(s):
  • GeoTIFF
Spatial Coverage:
N: 90, 
S: -90, 
E: 180, 
W: -180
Platform(s):AQUA, GCOM-W1
Spatial Resolution:
  • 25 km x 25 km
Sensor(s):AMSR-E, AMSR2
Temporal Coverage:
  • 19 June 2002 to 31 December 2018
(updated 2019)		Version(s):V2
Temporal Resolution1 dayMetadata XML:View Metadata Record
Data Contributor(s):Jinyang Du, Lucas Jones, John Kimball

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As a condition of using these data, you must cite the use of this data set using the following citation. For more information, see our Use and Copyright Web page.

Du, J., L. A. Jones, and J. S. Kimball. 2017, updated 2019. Daily Global Land Parameters Derived from AMSR-E and AMSR2, Version 2. [Indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. doi: https://doi.org/10.5067/RF8WPYOPJKL2. [Date Accessed].

Literature Citation

As a condition of using these data, we request that you acknowledge the author(s) of this data set by referencing the following peer-reviewed publication.

  • Du, J., J. S. Kimball, L. A. Jones, Y. Kim, J. Glassy, and J. D. Watts. 2017. A global satellite environmental data record derived from AMSR-E and AMSR2 microwave earth observations , Earth System Science Data . 9. 791-808. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-791-2017
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