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AMSR-E/Aqua L1A Raw Observation Counts

Entry ID: AMSREL1A

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Summary

Abstract: The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) instrument on the NASA EOS Aqua satellite provides global passive microwave measurements of terrestrial, oceanic, and atmospheric parameters for the investigation of global water and energy cycles. AMSR-E Level 1A observation counts are processed from Level 0 science packet data by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ...

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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: National Space Development Agency of Japan

Dataset Title: AMSR-E/Aqua L1A Raw Observation Counts

Dataset Release Date: 2003-06-19

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A.

Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Version: 3

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/amsrel1a.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2003-06-19

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Data Resolution

Temporal Resolution: 50 minutes

Science Keywords

SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > MICROWAVE > SENSOR COUNTS

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

AQUA > Earth Observing System, AQUA

Instrument

AMSR-E > Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS

Project

JARE 24 > Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition 24

Use Constraints PICCCBY

Ancillary Keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A

ICE ALGAE

Originating Center

NIPR

Data Center

National Institute of Polar Research, Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan

Data Center URL: http://www.nipr.ac.jp/

Data Center Personnel
Name: KENTARO WATANABE Phone: +81-42-512-0646 Email: kentaro at nipr.ac.jp Contact Address: 10-3, Midori-cho City: Tachikawa-shi Province or State: Tokyo Postal Code: 190-8518 Country: JAPAN

Personnel

AKIKO IIDA

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Contact Address:

10-3, Midori-cho

City: Tachikawa-shi

Province or State: Tokyo

Postal Code: 190-8518

Country: Japan

KENTARO WATANABE

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +81-42-512-0646

Email: kentaro at nipr.ac.jp

Contact Address:

10-3, Midori-cho

City: Tachikawa-shi

Province or State: Tokyo

Postal Code: 190-8518

Country: JAPAN

Publications/References

Kentaro Watanabe et al.Pigment Data of Sea Ice Cores collected from fast Ice
Area near Syowa Station, Antarctica, from March 1983 to January 1984 (JREA-24).
JARE Data Reports, No.157(Marine Biology 16), 1-88.

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-09-27

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