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: 87.4 S: 50.0 E: 180.0 W: -180.0, N: -50.0 S: -79.0 E: 180.0 W: -180.0 |
Data Format(s): | n/a |
| Temporal Extent: | Platform(s): | SAC-D | |
| Data Center(s): | NASA/GSFC/EOS/EO | Instrument(s): | AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER |
| Version: | 5 | ||
- 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
- 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.
Collection Information
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Purpose
Scientific Research -
DOI
10.5067/Aquarius/AQ3_NRCS.005
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Data Identification
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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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Other Descriptive Keywords
ISO Topic Categories
- CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
- OCEANS
Additional Attributes
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URL of the digital object identifier resolving authority
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Acquisition Information
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Spatial Information
| Coverage Type | Zone Identifier | Geometry | Granule Representation |
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| HORIZONTAL | CARTESIAN | CARTESIAN |
Location Keywords
- Continent
- Antarctica
- Geographic Region
- Arctic
Data Centers
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NASA NSIDC DAAC
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National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0449
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NASA NSIDC DAAC
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National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0449
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NASA/GSFC/EOS/EO
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NASA/GSFC/EOS/EO
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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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Ludovic Brucker
Technical ContactLudovic Brucker
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Emmanuel Dinnat
Technical ContactEmmanuel Dinnat
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Lora Koenig
Technical ContactLora Koenig
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Ludovic Brucker
Technical ContactLudovic Brucker
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Emmanuel Dinnat
Technical ContactEmmanuel Dinnat
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Lora Koenig
Technical ContactLora Koenig
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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
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Archive And Distribution Information
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