[Parameters: Topic='ATMOSPHERE', Term='ATMOSPHERIC WINDS', Variable_Level_1='WIND PROFILES']
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Co-Registered AMSR-E, QuikSCAT, and WMO Data Entry ID: NSIDC-0450 |
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Summary
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Abstract:
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 the following spatially and temporally co-registered data: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) brightness temperatures for all channels; Quick Scatterometer (QuikSCAT) backscattering coefficients; and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ground observations acquired from more than two thousand stations. There is a large, increasing interest in the potential arising from the combination of active and passive microwave data for the extraction of geophysical parameters from spaceborne platforms. Often, one of the major obstacles is the generation of spatially and temporally co-registered data sets for testing hypotheses, validating models, and developing retrieval approaches. The temporal coverage of this data set spans from 01 January 2002 through 19 March 2009 with AMSR-E data included for the 19 June 2002 through 19 March 2009 time period. The volume of the data set is approximately two gigabytes. Data are provided in tab-delimited ASCII text files and are available via FTP.
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Related URL
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Link:
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Description: AMSR-E/Aqua Data Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION Description: AMSR-E Validation Data |
Geographic Coverage
| N: 79.55 | S: 30.667 | E: 180.0 | W: -179.83301 |
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Data Set Citation
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Dataset Originator/Creator:
Tedesco, Marco and Jeffrey Miller
Dataset Title: Co-Registered AMSR-E, QuikSCAT, and WMO Data Dataset Release Date: 2010-03-01 Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0450.html |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date: 2002-01-01 |
| Stop Date: 2009-12-31 |
Location Keywords
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GEOGRAPHIC REGION
> ARCTIC
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > NORTHERN HEMISPHERE GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR |
Science Keywords
| ATMOSPHERE >AIR QUALITY >VISIBILITY [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA >FOG [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA >TORNADOES [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE >SEA LEVEL PRESSURE [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE >SURFACE PRESSURE [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE >AIR TEMPERATURE [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE >MAXIMUM/MINIMUM TEMPERATURE [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR >DEW POINT TEMPERATURE [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC WINDS [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >PRECIPITATION >HAIL [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >PRECIPITATION >PRECIPITATION AMOUNT [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >PRECIPITATION >RAIN [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >PRECIPITATION >SNOW [Definition] |
| CRYOSPHERE >SNOW/ICE >SNOW DEPTH [Definition] |
| TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE >SNOW/ICE >SNOW DEPTH [Definition] |
| SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING >INFRARED WAVELENGTHS >BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE [Definition] |
| SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING >MICROWAVE >BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE [Definition] |
| SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING >RADAR >RADAR BACKSCATTER [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC WINDS >WIND PROFILES [Definition] |
ISO Topic Category
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CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
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Platform
| GROUND STATIONS [Information] |
| METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS [Information] |
| QUIKSCAT >QUIKSCAT [Information] |
| AQUA >Earth Observing System, AQUA [Information] |
Instrument
| Scatterometers [Information] |
| SEAWINDS >SeaWinds Scatterometer [Information] |
| Radiometers [Information] |
| AMSR-E >Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS [Information] |
Project
| EOSDIS >Earth Observing System Data Information System [Information] |
| ESIP >Earth Science Information Partners Program [Information] |
Quality
| These data should be used for research purposes only; the investigators make no guarantees as to the quality of the processing. Data are used as is from the original source. |
Keywords
| AMSR-E |
| Automated Weather Station Data |
| Brightness Temperature |
| Ground Stations |
| Meteorology |
| Northern Hemisphere |
| NSIDC > National Snow and Ice Data Center |
| NSIDC DAAC |
| QuikSCAT |
| RADIOMETER |
| Scatterometer |
| Snow |
| Snow Cover |
| Surface Layer Backscatter |
| Wind Speed |
| WMO |
| World Meteorological Organization |
Data Set Progress
| COMPLETE |
Originating Center
| NSIDC_DAAC |
Data Center
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NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center
[Information]
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html Dataset ID: NSIDC-0450
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National Snow and Ice Data Center
[Information]
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org Dataset ID: NSIDC-0450
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Distribution
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Distribution_Media:
FTP
Distribution_Size: 2 GB Distribution_Format: ASCII text files |
Personnel
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NSIDC
USER SERVICES Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT 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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MARCO
TEDESCO Role: INVESTIGATOR Contact Address: City University of New York and NASA GSFC Department of Earth and Atmosphere Sciences City: New York Province or State: NY Postal Code: 10031 Country: USA |
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JEFFREY
MILLER Role: INVESTIGATOR Contact Address: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Province or State: MD Country: USA |
Publications/References
Knowles, K. W., M. H. Savoie, R. L. Armstrong, and M. J. Brodzik. 2006, updated current year. AMSR-E/Aqua daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures, 2002 to 2009. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media.
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2010-01-15
Last DIF Revision Date:
2011-03-08
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