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AMSR-E/Aqua Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures
Entry ID: NSIDC-0301

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Summary
Abstract: This document pertains to two data sets: AMSR-E/Aqua Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures (NSIDC-0301) and AMSR-E/Aqua Daily Global Quarter-Degree Gridded Brightness Temperatures (NISDC-0302). The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) instrument on the NASA EOS Aqua satellite provides global passive microwave measurements of the Earth. NSIDC produces AMSR-E ... View entire text
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 90.0   S: -90.0   E: 180.0   W: -180.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Knowles, Ken
Dataset Title: AMSR-E/Aqua daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures
Dataset Release Date: 2006-12-08
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Data Presentation Form: Digital media
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0301.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2002-06-19
Location Keywords
Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 25 km
Longitude Resolution: 25 km
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Platform
AQUA > Earth Observing System, AQUA Ancillary Description
Instrument
AMSR-E > Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS Ancillary Description
Project
Quality Extensive quality control procedures are followed in the production of the AMSR-E/Aqua L2A Global Swath Spatially-Resampled Brightness Temperatures (AE_L2A) source data. See the Quality Assessment section of the AE_L2A documentation for more information. The gridding procedure assumes that source data brightness temperatures are legitimate, and performs no filtering of input data based on quality flags.
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Data Set Progress
IN WORK
Originating Center
NSIDC_DAAC
Data Center
NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Dataset ID: NSIDC-0300

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES
Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199
Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468
Email: nsidc at nsidc.org
Contact Address:
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
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Distribution
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 27 MB per day, uncompressed, north
Distribution Format: binary
Fees: none
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Personnel
KENNETH W. KNOWLES
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 303-492-6199
Fax: 303-492-2468
Email: nsidc at nsidc.org
Contact Address:
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
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Publications/References
Ashcroft, P. and F. Wentz. 2000. Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document for the AMSR Level-2A Algorithm, Revised 03 November. Santa Rosa, California USA: Remote Sensing Systems.

Brodzik, M. J. and K. W. Knowles. 2002. 'EASE-Grid: A Versatile Set of Equal-Area Projections and Grids' in M. Goodchild (Ed.) Discrete Global Grids. Santa Barbara, California, USA: National Center for Geographic Information & Analysis.

Knowles, Kenneth W. 1993. Points, Pixels, Grids, and Cells -- A Mapping and Gridding Primer. Unpublished report to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, Colorado USA.

Knowles, Kenneth W. Intercomparison of Resampling Methods for SMMR Pathfinder in EASE-Grid Format. Unpublished report to geospatialmethods.org, Boulder, Colorado USA.
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2006-12-04
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-05-14

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