Aqua/AMSR-E Satellite dataset


1. IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION

Name Aqua/AMSR-E Satellite dataset
Metadata Identifier Aqua_AMSR_E20230727082446-en

2. CONTACT

2.1 CONTACT on DATASET

Name Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency GCOM-W1 Data Providing Service Help Desk
E-mail z-gw1help@jaxa.jp

2.2 CONTACT on PROJECT

3. DOCUMENT AUTHOR

Name Satoko Miura
Organization JAXA/Mission Operations System Office (MOSS)

4. DATASET CREATOR

Name JAXA

5. DATE OF THIS DOCUMENT

2023-07-27

6. DATE OF DATASET

  • creation : 2013-04-30

7. DATASET OVERVIEW

7.1 Abstract

AMSR-E was modified for Aqua from the design used for AMSR which was onboard ADEOS-2.

AMSR-E and AMSR are microwave sensors capable of accurately acquiring weak radiation from land surface and atmosphere with its wide frequency bands and to obtain necessary data for the study of earth hydrologic circulation. Microwave sensors, unlike optical sensors, can continuously observe night and day and regardless of weather. Allocating AMSR on a morning orbit and AMSR-E on an afternoon orbit allows observation of everyday changes of the earth's environment, and it is expected to contribute to the study of the earth's environmental system.

7.2 Topic Category(ISO19139)

  • climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

  • oceans

7.3 Temporal Extent

Begin Date 2002-06-01
End Date 2011-10-04

7.4 Geographic Bounding Box

North bound latitude 90
West bound longitude -180
Eastbound longitude 180
South bound latitude -90

7.5 Grid

Dimension Name Dimension Size (slice number of the dimension) Resolution Unit
()
()

7.6 Geographic Description

7.7 Keywords

7.7.1 Keywords on Dataset

Keyword Type Keyword Keyword thesaurus Name
theme Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Humidity, Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Water Vapor, Land Surface > Soils > Soil Moisture/Water Content, Atmosphere > Precipitation > Precipitation Amount, Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature, Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Water Equivalent GCMD_science

7.7.2 Keywords on Project

7.8 Online Resource

7.9 Data Environmental Information

7.10 Distribution Information

name version specification
HDF-EOS

8. DATA PROCESSING

8.1 Data Processing (1)

8.1.1 General Explanation of the data producer's knowledge about the lineage of a dataset

The followings products are available;

[Level1 ]

Sensor Count(L1A)

Brightness Temperature(L1B)

[Level2]

Total Precipitable Water

Cloud Liquid Water

Precipitation

Sea Surface Temperature

Sea Surface Wind speed

Sea Ice Concentration

Snow Depth

Soil Moisture Content

[Level3]

Physical Parameters

Total Precipitable Water

Cloud Liquid Water

Precipitation

Sea Surface Temperature

Sea Surface Wind speed

Sea Ice Concentration

Snow Depth

Soil Moisture Content

Brightness Temperature

8.1.2 Data Source

Data Source Citation Name Description of derived parameters and processing techniques used

9. DATA REMARKS

10. DATA POLICY

10.1 Data Policy by the Data Provider

10.2 Data Policy by the Project

11. LICENSE

12. DATA SOURCE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

12.1 Acknowledge the Data Provider

12.2 Acknowledge the Project

13. REFERENCES