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AQ3_NRCS

Aquarius L3 Weekly Polar-Gridded Normalized Radar Cross Section V005

The data set consists of weekly polar-gridded Level-3 products of Aquarius L-band Normalized Radar Cross Section (NRCS) retrievals from the Aquarius/Satélite de Aplicaciones Científicas (SAC-D) mission, developed collaboratively between the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Argentina's space agency, Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE).

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Spatial Extent:

Bounding Rectangle:

N: -50.0 S: -79.0 E: 180.0 W: -180.0,

N: 87.4 S: 50.0 E: 180.0 W: -180.0

Data Format(s):

Distribution: HDF5

Temporal Extent:

2011-08-25 to 2015-06-04

Platform(s):

SAC-D

Data Center(s):

NASA/GSFC/EOS/EO

Instrument(s):

AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER

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Title: Aquarius L3 Weekly Polar-Gridded Normalized Radar Cross Section V005
Version: 5
Publisher: NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center

DOI

10.5067/Aquarius/AQ3_NRCS.005

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://doi.org/10.5067/Aquarius/AQ3_NRCS.005, Includes a user's guide, supplemental documents like ATBDs and academic papers, How Tos, FAQs, etc.

Purpose
Scientific Research
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Processing Level

Level 3

Geophysical variables mapped on a grid

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Collection Progress
Planned

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CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

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Name: AscendingDescendingFlg STRING Description: Satellite Direction
Name: SIPSMetGenVersion STRING Description: The version of the SIPSMetGen software used to produce the metadata file for this granule
Name: identifier_product_doi STRING Description: Digital object identifier that uniquely identifies this data product
Name: identifier_product_doi_authority STRING Description: URL of the digital object identifier resolving authority

Coverage Type	Zone Identifier	Geometry	Granule Representation
HORIZONTAL		CARTESIAN	CARTESIAN

Location Keywords

- Continent
- Antarctica
- Geographic Region
- Arctic

NASA NSIDC DAAC
ARCHIVER
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
  CIRES, 449 UCB
  University of Colorado
  Boulder, CO 80309-0449
1 303 492 6199

Email
Archiving Data Center
https://nsidc.org/daac

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NASA NSIDC DAAC
DISTRIBUTOR
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
  CIRES, 449 UCB
  University of Colorado
  Boulder, CO 80309-0449
1 303 492 6199

Email
Archiving Data Center
https://nsidc.org/daac

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NASA/GSFC/EOS/EO
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This data center does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
Originating Data Center
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/

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NASA/GSFC/EOS/EO
ORIGINATOR
This data center does not have any addresses listed.
This data center does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
Originating Data Center
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/

Home Page

NSIDC Services
Technical Contact

NSIDC Services
- CIRES, 449 UCB
  University of Colorado
  Boulder, CO 80309-0449
1 303 492 6199

1 303 492 2468

Email
Ludovic Brucker
Technical Contact

Ludovic Brucker

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Email
Emmanuel Dinnat
Technical Contact

Emmanuel Dinnat

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Lora Koenig
Technical Contact

Lora Koenig

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This contact does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
Ludovic Brucker
Technical Contact

Ludovic Brucker

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This contact does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
Emmanuel Dinnat
Technical Contact

Emmanuel Dinnat

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This contact does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
Lora Koenig
Technical Contact

Lora Koenig

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This contact does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
User Services

NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
- Boulder, Colorado
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Metadata Dates

Creation	2015-12-14T00:00:00.000Z
Last Revision	2021-05-24T00:00:00.000Z

File Distribution Information

Format: HDF5

Format Type: Native

Format Description: FTP 294 - 482 KB
Format: HDF5

Format Type: Native

Format Description: HTTPS 294 - 482 KB

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NASA NSIDC DAAC

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Ludovic Brucker

Ludovic Brucker

Emmanuel Dinnat

Emmanuel Dinnat

Lora Koenig

Lora Koenig

Ludovic Brucker

Ludovic Brucker

Emmanuel Dinnat

Emmanuel Dinnat

Lora Koenig

Lora Koenig

NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center

NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center

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