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nasa-podaac-amsre_l3_sst_1deg_1mo

AMSR-E Level 3 Sea Surface Temperature for Climate Model Comparison

This data set contains sea surface temperature (SST) data on a monthly 1 degree grid from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) aboard NASA's Aqua spacecraft. The data were produced by Remote Sensing Systems in support of the CMIP5 (Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5) under the World Climate Research Program (WCRP). Along with this dataset, two additional ancillary data files are included in the same directory which contain the number of observations and standard error co-located on the same 1 degree grids. AMSR-E, a passive-microwave radiometer launched on the Aqua platform on 4 May 2002, was provided by the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan to NASA as an indispensable part of Aqua's global hydrology mission. Over the oceans, AMSR-E is measuring a number of important geophysical parameters, including SST, wind speed, atmospheric water vapor, cloud water, and rain rate. A key feature of AMSR-E is its capability to see through clouds, thereby providing an uninterrupted view of global SST and surface wind fields.

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http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/AMSRE_L3_SST_1DEG_1MO

Identified by : AMSRE_L3_SST_1DEG_1MO

This dataset was released on January 26, 2012.

The time range for this dataset is June 01, 2002 to December 30, 2010.

The spatial range for this dataset is -90° to 90° latitude, and 0° to 360° longitude. map (center)

This dataset uses data from an instance of the advanced-microwave-scanning-radiometer-eos instrument on the aqua platform.

Also known as :

• dataset AMSRE_L3_SST_1DEG_1MO (podaac lexicon)
• datasetId PODAAC-SST00-1D1M1 (podaac lexicon)