AMSR-E/Aqua L1A Raw Observation Counts, Version 3
Data set id:
AMSREL1A
DOI: 10.5067/AMSR-E/AMSREL1A.003
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
The improved V003 AMSREL1A product features empirical corrections to the co-registration parameters A1 and A2, and an updated parameter file used for correcting the AMSR-E 89 GHz position information. As a result, Version 3 AMSREL1A data provide improved accuracy for the following: Latitude and Longitude, land/ocean flags, earth incidence angle, earth azimuth angle, sun azimuth angle, and sun elevation angle. Additionally, the HDF-EOS version was updated from 4.2r1 to 4.2r4.
Overview
AMSR-E Level-1A observation counts are processed from Level-0 science packet data by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Earth Observation Center (EOC) in Japan.
Parameter(s):
SENSOR COUNTS
Platform(s):
AQUA
Sensor(s):
AMSR-E
Data Format(s):
HDF
Temporal Coverage:
1 June 2002 to 4 October 2011
Temporal Resolution:
- 50 minute
Spatial Resolution:
- Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
N:
90
S:
-90
E:
180
W:
-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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