This NRT AMSR2 Daily L3 12.5 KM TB Polar Grids Version 1 dataset was active from 20 September 2018 to 27 January 2019, and has now been retired.
The new version is now available at http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/AMSRU/AU_SI12_NRT_R02.
The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) instrument on the Global Change Observation Mission - Water 1 (GCOM-W1) provides global passive microwave measurements of terrestrial, oceanic, and atmospheric parameters for the investigation of global water and energy cycles. Near real-time (NRT) products are generated within 3 hours of the last observations in the file, by the Land Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE) at the AMSR Science Investigator-led Processing System (AMSR SIPS), which is collocated with the Global Hydrology Resource Center (GHRC) DAAC. The NRT AMSR2 Daily Level-3 gridded 12.5 km sea ice product includes brightness temperatures at 18.7 through 89.0 GHz and sea ice concentration. Data are mapped to a polar stereographic grid at 12.5 km spatial resolution. Sea ice concentration and brightness temperatures include daily ascending averages, daily descending averages, and daily averages. Data are stored in HDF-EOS5 format and are available via HTTP from the EOSDIS LANCE system at https://lance.nsstc.nasa.gov/amsr2-science/data/level3/seaice12. If data latency is not a primary concern, please consider using science quality products. Science products are created using the best available ancillary, calibration and ephemeris information. Science quality products are an internally consistent, well-calibrated record of the Earth's geophysical properties to support science. The AMSR SIPS plans to start producing initial AMSR2 standard science quality data products in 2016 and they will be available from the NSIDC DAAC.
Markus, Thorsten, Josefino C Comiso, Donald J Cavalieri and Alvaro Ivanoff. 2015. NRT AMSR2 DAILY L3 12.5 KM TB AND SEA ICE CONCENTRATION POLAR GRIDS V1 [indicate subset used]. Dataset available online from the NASA Global Hydrology Center DAAC, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/AMSRU/AU_SI12_NRT_R01
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| Retirement Date: | 2019-01-27 | |
| Publication Date: | 2018-09-20 | |
| Version: | 0 | |
| Collections: | LANCE AMSR2 Near Real-Time Products | |
| Projects: | LANCE | |
| Platforms: | GCOM-W1 | |
| Instruments: | AMSR2 | |
| Terms: | Microwave, Sea Ice | |
| Processing level: | 3 | |
| Format: | HDF-EOS-5 | |
![[coverage map]](../coverage/A2_SI12_NRT.png)
Red dots or areas indicate coverage range.
| Location: | POLAR |
| Spatial Resolution: | 12.5 km x 12.5 km |
| North boundary: | 89° |
| West boundary: | -180° |
| East boundary: | 180° |
| South boundary: | -89° |
| Temporal resolution: | Daily - < Weekly |
| Start date: | 2018-08-10 23:31:10 |
| Stop date: | OnGoing |
| Retired Dataset: | Retired data available on request only | |
| User's Guide: | http://lance.nsstc.nasa.gov/amsr2-science/doc/LANCE_A2_SeaIce12_NRT_dataset.pdf The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset |
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| View Images: | https://lance.nsstc.nasa.gov/amsr2-science/browse_png/level3/seaice12/R00/ |
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| Worldview: | https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/ Interactively browse imagery in EOSDIS Worldview |
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| Project Home Page: | https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/near-real-time The home page for the project or program which sponsored the dataset |
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| DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/AMSRU/AU_SI12_NRT_R01 Digital Object Identifier |
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| Citing data: | https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data Instructions for citing GHRC data. |
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