National Snow & Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center

nasa-nsidcdaac-ae_rain

AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Global Swath Surface Precipitation GSFC Profiling Algorithm

The AMSR-E/Aqua Level-2B precipitation product includes instantaneous surface precipitation rate and type over ice-free/snow-free land and ocean between 70 degrees north and south latitudes at 5.4 km, generated by the GPROF 2010 algorithm using Level-2A TBs.

http://nsidc.org/data/AE_Rain

Identified by : AE_Rain

This dataset was released on July 22, 2015.

The time range for this dataset is June 18, 2002 to October 03, 2011.

The spatial range for this dataset is -70° to 70° latitude, and -180° to 180° longitude. map (center)

This dataset uses data from an instance of the advanced-microwave-scanning-radiometer-eos instrument on the aqua platform.
DOI : 10.5067/AMSR-E/AE_RAIN.003
Also known as :

• dataset oai:nsidc/AE_Rain (nsidc lexicon)