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    lexicon: nsidc
    term: oai:nsidc/AE_RnGd
    url: http://nsidc.org/api/dataset/2/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=dif&identifier=oai:nsidc/AE_RnGd
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cited_by: []
contributors:
  - display_name: 'Data Archive : National Snow & Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center '
    href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/4440.yaml
    id: 4440
    organization:
      country_code: US
      display_name: National Snow & Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
      identifier: national-snow-ice-data-center-distributed-active-archive-center
      name: National Snow & Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
      organization_type_identifier: federal
      type: organization
      url: http://nsidc.org/daac
    organization_uri: /organization/national-snow-ice-data-center-distributed-active-archive-center
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data_qualifier: ~
description: 'The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) instrument on the NASA EOS Aqua satellite provides global passive microwave measurements of terrestrial, oceanic, and atmospheric variables for the investigation of water and energy cycles. This Level-3 rainfall accumulation product (AE_RnGd) consists of two grids of 28 rows by 72 columns of monthly averaged rainfall accumulation over ocean and land. Both grids are 5 degree by 5 degree resolution. Monthly ocean rainfall accumulation (mm) is derived from the Wilheit, Kummerow, and Ferraro (1991) algorithm, using Level-2A brightness temperatures as input. Monthly land rainfall accumulation (mm) is derived from the McCollum and Ferraro (2003) algorithm, using Level-2B rainfall data as input. Data are stored in HDF-EOS format, and are available from 19 June 2002 to 1 October 2011 via FTP.'
description_attribution: ~
display_name: AMSR-E/Aqua Monthly L3 5x5 deg Rainfall Accumulations
doi: 10.5067/AMSR-E/AE_RNGD.002
end_time: 2011-10-01T00:00:00
files: []
href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/dataset/nasa-nsidcdaac-ae_rngd.yaml
identifier: nasa-nsidcdaac-ae_rngd
instrument_measurements:
  - dataset_identifier: nasa-nsidcdaac-ae_rngd
    display_name: aqua/advanced-microwave-scanning-radiometer-eos/nasa-nsidcdaac-ae_rngd
    instrument_identifier: advanced-microwave-scanning-radiometer-eos
    platform_identifier: aqua
    type: instrument_measurement
lat_max: 70
lat_min: -70
lon_max: 180
lon_min: -180
name: AMSR-E/Aqua Monthly L3 5x5 deg Rainfall Accumulations
native_id: AE_RnGd
parents: []
processing_level: ~
publication_year: ~
references: []
release_dt: 2004-01-01T00:00:00
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scope: ~
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start_time: 2002-06-19T00:00:00
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type: dataset
uri: /dataset/nasa-nsidcdaac-ae_rngd
url: http://nsidc.org/data/AE_RnGd
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