AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Surface Soil Moisture, Ancillary Parms, & QC EASE-Grids V002
This Level-2B land surface product (AE_Land) includes daily measurements of surface soil moisture, vegetation/roughness water content interpretive information, and quality control variables. Ancillary data include time, geolocation, and quality assessment.
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| Spatial Extent: | Bounding Rectangle: N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180.0 W: -180.0 |
Data Format(s): | n/a |
| Temporal Extent: | Platform(s): | AQUA | |
| Data Center(s): | NASA/MSFC/AMSR-E SIPS | Instrument(s): | AMSR-E |
| Version: | 2 | ||
- Title: AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Surface Soil Moisture, Ancillary Parms, & QC EASE-Grids V002
- Version: 2
- Publisher: NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://doi.org/10.5067/AMSR-E/AE_LAND.002, Includes a user's guide, supplemental documents like ATBDs and academic papers, How Tos, FAQs, etc.
Collection Information
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Purpose
Scientific Research -
DOI
10.5067/AMSR-E/AE_LAND.002
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Data Identification
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Processing Level
Level 2B
Derived geophysical variables
- Quality
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Collection Progress
Complete
Related URLs
Other Descriptive Keywords
ISO Topic Categories
- ENVIRONMENT
Additional Attributes
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Name:
AscendingDescendingFlg
STRING
Description:
Satellite Direction
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Name:
EndingPolygonNumber
INT
Description:
The index number for the last polygon associated with the nominal pass number in the granule
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Name:
NominalPassIndex
INT
Description:
The nominal pass index number for the pass that best describes the spatial location of the granule, where the pass is either the ascending or descending portion of an orbit
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Name:
OrbitalPeriod
FLOAT
Description:
Orbital period in decimal minutes
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Name:
OrbitInclination
FLOAT
Description:
Angle between the orbit plane and the Earth’s equatorial plane
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Name:
PercentLandData
INT
Description:
Percentage of data points in the half-orbit data file that are done = (number of land points/total number of points)*100 (computed using an ocean mask).
Resolution Range Begin Range End Unit of Measure Accuracy -
Name:
PercentRetrievals
INT
Description:
Percentage of data points over land where retrievals are done = (number of retrieval points/total number of land points)*100 (computed using a classification mask for mountains, forest, etc.).
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PercentRetrievalsWithinBounds
INT
Description:
Percentage of land data points where retrievals are done, whose retrievals are within bounds = (number of within-bounds retrieval points/number of retrieval points)*100.
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Name:
StartingPolygonNumber
INT
Description:
The index number for the first polygon associated with the nominal pass number in the granule.
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Name:
identifier_product_doi
STRING
Description:
Digital object identifier that uniquely identifies this data product
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Name:
identifier_product_doi_authority
STRING
Description:
URL of the digital object identifier resolving authority
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Acquisition Information
Temporal Information
Spatial Information
| Coverage Type | Zone Identifier | Geometry | Granule Representation |
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| HORIZONTAL | CARTESIAN | ORBIT |
Location Keywords
- Geographic Region
- Global
Data Centers
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NASA NSIDC DAAC
ARCHIVER-
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0449
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NASA NSIDC DAAC
DISTRIBUTOR-
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0449
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NASA/MSFC/AMSR-E SIPS
PROCESSORThis data center does not have any addresses listed.
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NASA/MSFC/AMSR-E SIPS
ORIGINATORThis data center does not have any addresses listed.
This data center does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
Data Contacts
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NSIDC Services
Technical ContactNSIDC Services
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CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0449
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Eni Njoku
Technical ContactEni Njoku
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Pasadena, CA 91109
1 818 354 3693
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Eni Njoku
Technical ContactEni Njoku
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Pasadena, CA 91109
1 818 354 3693
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NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
User ServicesNASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
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Boulder, Colorado
This contact does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
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Archive And Distribution Information
There is no archive and distribution information for this collection.