amsua15sp11999-03-19T00:00:00Z2022-06-09T01:31:47ZADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT-A (AMSU-A) SWATH FROM NOAA-15ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT-A (AMSU-A) SWATH FROM NOAA-15 V1AMSU-A, the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit, is a 15-channel passive microwave radiometer used to profile atmospheric temperature and moisture from the earth's surface to ~45 km (3 millibars). All orbits beginning in the day (00:00:00 - 23:59:59 UTC) are stored in one daily HDF-EOS file. Each file contains 15 (channel) arrays, as well as corresponding latitude, longitude, and time. AMSU flies on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) polar orbiting spacecraft as part of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS). NOAA-15 was the first spacecraft to fly AMSU. Launched on 13 May 1998, NOAA-15 is in a sun synchronous near polar orbit.10.5067/GHRC/AMSU-A/DATA201truetrue2https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/proc_levelNASA/MSFC/GHRCSpencer, Roy W and William D Braswell.1999. ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT-A (AMSU-A) SWATH FROM NOAA-15 [indicate subset used]. Dataset available online from the NASA Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center DAAC, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GHRC/AMSU-A/DATA201IN WORK0This product has full public access.0.0HDF-EOS4 - netCDF-4GLOBALDaily - < Weekly1998-08-03T01:51:10ZARCHIVERNASA/MSFC/GHRC320 Sparkman DriveHuntsvilleAlabama35805USA+1 256-961-7932Telephone+1 256-824-5149Faxsupport-ghrc@earthdata.nasa.govEARTH SCIENCESpectral/EngineeringMicrowaveBrightness TemperatureEARTH SCIENCEAtmosphereAtmospheric TemperatureUpper Air TemperatureVertical ProfilesEARTH SCIENCEAtmosphereAtmospheric Water VaporWater Vapor ProfilesNOAA-15National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-15Earth Observation SatellitesAMSU-AAdvanced Microwave Sounding Unit-ANOT APPLICABLEhttps://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=amsua15spFiles may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this linkhttps://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/amsu-a/noaa-15/browse/2017/0105/amsua15_2017.005_C01_A.pngSample browse imageBROWSEimage/pnghttp://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/amsu_a/amsu-a_dataset.htmlThe guide document contains detailed information about the datasetUSER'S GUIDEtext/htmlhttps://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/amsu_a/amsuareader.cPROGRAM - Reads the Nth scan line from the given file, or the first if "N" is not specifiedDOWNLOAD SOFTWAREtext/plainhttps://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/amsu-a/noaa-15/browse/N/AGET RELATED VISUALIZATIONhttps://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-dataInstructions for citing GHRC dataDATA CITATION POLICYamsua15spHorizontalCARTESIAN-18089.756180-90CARTESIANus-west-2ghrcw-protected/amsua15sp__1/https://data.ghrc.earthdata.nasa.gov/s3credentialshttps://data.ghrc.earthdata.nasa.gov/s3credentialsREADME