• On Wednesday, July 16 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (US Mountain Time), this data set may not be available in the legacy data archive due to a planned system maintenance. Earthdata Cloud access will remain available for data sets that have migrated. Users of the SMAP near real-time products should use the NASA LANCE HTTPS File System for data access.

  • The NSIDC DAAC is retiring access to its legacy, on-premises data archive and transitioning to the NASA Earthdata Cloud as the primary data archive. View planned retirement dates here.

AMSR-E

Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System Sensor on the NASA Aqua Satellite
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AMSR-E Sea Ice Products Updated

pdates are complete for following AMSR-E data products: AMSR-E/AQUA Daily L3 6.25 km 89GHz Brightness Temperature Polar Grids AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 12.5 km Tb, Sea Ice Concentration, and Snow Depth
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AMSR-E Instrument Failure

As of 06:58 UTC on 04 October 2011, the AMSR-E instrument on board the Aqua satellite stopped producing data due to a problem with the rotation of its antenna.
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New AMSR-E/Aqua L1A Data Available

On 28 September 2011, Version 3 (V003) of the AMSR-E/Aqua L1A Raw Observation Counts data set was released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
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