Calibrated Enhanced-Resolution Passive Microwave Daily EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperature ESDR, Version 2
Data set id:
NSIDC-0630
DOI: 10.5067/19LHYLUXZ22M
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
Changes to this version include:
- Change in the input data streams for SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR-E
- Addition of AMSR2 data
- Change in the input data streams for SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR-E
- Addition of AMSR2 data
Overview
The Calibrated Enhanced-Resolution Passive Microwave Daily EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperature ESDR, Version 2 data set is a multi-sensor Level 3 Earth Science Data Record (ESDR) with improvements upon Version 1 in cross-sensor calibration and quality checking, modern file formats, better quality control, improved projection grids, and local time-of-day (LTOD) processing. These data are gridded to three EASE-Grid 2.0 projections (North Azimuthal, South Azimuthal, and Cylindrical) and include enhanced-resolution imagery, as well as coarse-resolution, averaged imagery. Inputs include brightness temperature data from the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR), Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I), Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS), Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E), and Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2).
Parameter(s):
BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE
Platform(s):
Aqua, DMSP 5D-2/F10, DMSP 5D-2/F11, DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-2/F14, DMSP 5D-2/F8, DMSP 5D-3/F15, DMSP 5D-3/F16, DMSP 5D-3/F17, DMSP 5D-3/F18, DMSP 5D-3/F19, GCOM-W1, Nimbus-7
Sensor(s):
AMSR-E, AMSR2, SMMR, SSM/I, SSMIS
Data Format(s):
netCDF-4
Temporal Coverage:
25 October 1978 to present
Temporal Resolution:
- 12 hour
Spatial Resolution:
- Not Specified
Spatial Reference System(s):
WGS 84 / NSIDC EASE-Grid 2.0 North
EPSG:6931
WGS 84 / NSIDC EASE-Grid 2.0 South
EPSG:6932
WGS 84 / NSIDC EASE-Grid 2.0 Global
EPSG:6933
Spatial Coverage:
N:
90
S:
-90
E:
180
W:
-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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