Dear Colleague,
The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System
(AMSR-E) is a passive microwave instrument launched aboard NASA's Aqua
Satellite on 4 May 2002. As of 1 March 2004, daily Level-2B and Level-3
products are available from the National Snow and Ice Data Center
(NSIDC), beginning with dates from 18 February 2004. The following snow
and sea ice products should be of particular interest to the cryospheric
community:
- AMSR-E/Aqua L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids
- AMSR-E/Aqua 5-Day L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids
- AMSR-E/Aqua Monthly L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids
- AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 6.25 km 89 GHz Brightness Temperature (Tb) Polar
Grids - AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 12.5 km Tb, Sea Ice Conc., & Snow Depth Polar
Grids - AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 25 km Tb, Sea Ice Temperature, & Sea Ice Conc.
Polar Grids
5-day and monthly Snow Water Equivalent products will be available 3
March and 9 April, respectively. For more information and instructions
for ordering these and other AMSR-E data products, including the L1A raw
observation counts, L2A brightness temperatures, and L2B and L3 products
related to land, rainfall, and oceans, please visit the following web
site:
http://nsidc.org/data/amsr
NSIDC also distributes AMSR-E validation data. For further details,
please see:
http://nsidc.org/data/amsr_validation
If you have any questions, please contact NSIDC User Services.
Regards,
John Maurer
NSIDC User Services
CIRES 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0449
Phone: 303-492-6199
E-mail: (nsidc [at] nsidc.org)