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SMEX03 AMSR-E Daily Gridded Soil Moisture and Brightness Temperatures, Brazil, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0555
DOI: 10.5067/20D8KS7YAZP4
This is the most recent version of these data.

Overview

Notice to Data Users: The documentation for this data set was provided solely by the Principal Investigator(s) and was not further developed, thoroughly reviewed, or edited by NSIDC. Thus, support for this data set may be limited. This data set contains Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) Level-3 daily measurements of surface soil moisture and vegetation/roughness water content interpretive information, as well as brightness temperatures and quality control variables.
Parameter(s):
BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE
SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT
SURFACE ROUGHNESS
Platform(s):
AQUA
Sensor(s):
AMSR-E
Data Format(s):
XML
XML
HDF-EOS2
HDF-EOS2
Temporal Coverage:
  • 6 November 2003 to 31 December 2003
Temporal Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Resolution:
  • Not Specified
Spatial Reference System(s):
Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
  • N:
    -7
    S:
    -17
    E:
    -40
    W:
    -50
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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