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Description

These Level-3 Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) data sets contain SWE data and quality assurance flags mapped to Northern and Southern Hemisphere 25 km Equal-Area Scalable Earth Grids (EASE-Grids).

Version Description

See https://nsidc.org/data/amsre/version-history

Product Summary

Platforms
Aqua
Instruments
AMSR-E
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers
Spatial Reference System(s)
Multiple EPSG codes (see User Guide)
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2002-06-20 to 2011-10-03
Temporal Resolution
5 Day
Concept ID
C3234802958-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
667
Processing Level
3
Published
Science Keywords
Snow Water Equivalent ,
Snow Water Equivalent

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Tedesco, M., Kelly, R., Foster, J., & Chang, A. (2004). AMSR-E/Aqua 5-Day L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids, Version 2 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/AMSR-E/AE_5DSNO.002 Date Accessed: 2026-08-01

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Publications Citing This Dataset

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Improving the Snow Volume Scattering Algorithm in a Microwave Forward Model by Using Ground-Based Remote Sensing Snow Observations Dai, L., Che, T., Xiao, Lin, Akynbekkyzy, M., Zhao, K., Leppanen, L. Snow Water Equivalent, Snow Water Equivalent
Open access data in polar and cryospheric remote sensing Pope, Allen, Rees, W., Fox, Adrian, Fleming, Andrew Brightness Temperature, Ice Velocity, Sea Ice Concentration, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Snow Water Equivalent, Ice Extent, Sea Ice Age, Snow Melt, Snow Cover, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Ice Velocity
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