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OAS accession Detail for 0265793
| accessions_id: |
0265793 | archive
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| Title: |
GHRSST Level 3U Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Scanning Microwave Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) on the NASA Aqua Satellite (GDS version 2) for 2009-07-30 (NCEI Accession 0265793) |
| Abstract: |
The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) was launched on 4 May 2002, aboard NASA's Aqua spacecraft. The National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) provided AMSR-E to NASA as an indispensable part of Aqua's global hydrology mission. Over the oceans, AMSR-E is measuring a number of important geophysical parameters, including sea surface temperature (SST), wind speed, atmospheric water vapor, cloud water, and rain rate. A key feature of AMSR-E is its capability to see through clouds, thereby providing an uninterrupted view of global SST and surface wind fields. Remote Sensing Systems (RSS, or REMSS) is the provider of these SST data for the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Project, performs a detailed processing of AMSR-E instrument data in two stages. The first stage produces a near-real-time (NRT) product (identified by "_rt_" within the file name) which is made as available as soon as possible. This is generally within 3 hours of when the data are recorded. Although suitable for many timely uses the NRT products are not intended to be archive quality. "Final" data (currently identified by "v7" within the file name) are processed when RSS receives the atmospheric model National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Final Analysis (FNL) Operational Global Analysis. The NCEP wind directions are particularly useful for retrieving more accurate SSTs and wind speeds. This dataset adheres to the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2 format specifications. |
| Date received: |
20220806 |
| Start date: |
20090730 |
| End date: |
20090730 |
| Seanames: |
World-Wide Distribution |
| West boundary: |
-179.875 |
| East boundary: |
179.875 |
| North boundary: |
89.875 |
| South boundary: |
-89.875 |
| Observation types: |
satellite data |
| Instrument types: |
AMSR-E |
| Datatypes: |
ICE - COVERAGE, PRECIPITATION RATE, SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE, WIND SPEED
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| Submitter: |
Armstrong, Edward M. |
| Submitting institution: |
US NASA; Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center |
| Collecting institutions: |
Remote Sensing Systems |
| Contributing projects: |
GHRSST |
| Platforms: |
Aqua (33V4) |
| Number of observations: |
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| Supplementary information: |
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| Availability date: |
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| Metadata version: |
1 |
| Keydate: |
2022-10-14 16:44:50+00 |
| Editdate: |
2022-10-14 16:46:12+00 |