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Description

This daily Level-2B swath data set includes Sea Surface Temperature (SST), Near-Surface Wind Speed, Columnar Water Vapor, and Cloud liquid Water data arrays, and was used as input to generate the following daily, weekly, and monthly Level-3 gridded ocean products; AE_DyOcn, AE_WkOcn, and AE_MoOcn.

Version Description

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

Product Summary

Platforms
Aqua
Instruments
AMSR-E
Spatial Extent

N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180

Location
GLOBAL OCEAN
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
ORBIT
Temporal Extent
2002-06-19 to 2011-10-03
Temporal Resolution
50 Minute
Concept ID
C3363039849-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
97603
Processing Level
2B
Published
Science Keywords
Cloud Liquid Water/Ice ,
Cloud Precipitable Water ,
Sea Surface Temperature ,
Surface Winds ,
Water Temperature ,
Water Vapor Indices

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

Wentz, F., & Meissner, T. (2004). AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Global Swath Ocean Products derived from Wentz Algorithm, Version 2 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/AMSR-E/AE_OCEAN.002 Date Accessed: 2026-04-29

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Assessment of Aerosol Optical Depth, Cloud Fraction, and Liquid Water Liang, Jiakun, Griswold, Jennifer D. Small Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Water Temperature, Water Vapor Indices
SSS estimates from AMSR-E radiometer in the Bay of Bengal: algorithm principles and limits Montero, Marie, Reul, Nicolas, de Boyer Montegut, Clement, Vialard, Jerome, Brachet, Sidonie, Guimbard, Sebastien, Vandemark, Doug, Tournadre, Jean Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Water Temperature, Water Vapor Indices, Brightness Temperature, Microwave Imagery
Joint Inversion Algorithm of Sea Surface Temperature From Microwave and Infrared Brightness Temperature Chen, Zhiwei, Jin, Rong, Li, Qingxia, Zhao, Guanghui, Xiao, Chengwang, Lei, Zhenyu, Huang, Yuhang Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Water Temperature, Water Vapor Indices, Brightness Temperature, Microwave Imagery, Sea Surface Temperature, Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, Visible Radiance
Stability-dependent increases in liquid water with droplet number in the Arctic Murray-Watson, Rebecca J., Gryspeerdt, Edward Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Water Temperature, Water Vapor Indices
Wind, Rain, and the Closed to Open Cell Transition in Subtropical Marine Stratocumulus Eastman, Ryan, McCoy, Isabel L., Wood, Robert Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Water Temperature, Water Vapor Indices, Brightness Temperature, Microwave Imagery
A total precipitable water product and its trend analysis in recent years based on passive microwave radiometers Ji, Dabin, Shi, Jiancheng, Letu, Husi, Li, Wei, Zhang, Hongxing, Shang, Huazhe Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Humidity, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Cloud Precipitable Water, Surface Winds, Water Temperature, Water Vapor Indices
Evaluating the Lagrangian Evolution of Subtropical Low Clouds in GCMs Using Observations: Mean Evolution, Time Scales, and Responses to Predictors Eastman, Ryan, Terai, Christopher R., Grosvenor, Daniel P., Wood, Robert Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Water Temperature, Water Vapor Indices
On the Importance of Sea Surface Temperature for Aerosol-Induced Zhou, Xiaoli, Zhang, Jianhao, Feingold, Graham Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Water Temperature, Water Vapor Indices
Wavelet Analysis of Properties of Marine Boundary Layer Mesoscale Cells Observed From AMSRE Zhou, Xiaoli, Bretherton, Christopher S., Eastman, Ryan, McCoy, Isabel L., Wood, Robert Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Water Temperature, Water Vapor Indices, Brightness Temperature, Microwave Imagery
Improving middle and high latitude cloud liquid water path measurements Khanal, Sujan, Wang, Zhien, French, Jeffrey R. Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Water Temperature, Water Vapor Indices
Constraining the aerosol influence on cloud liquid water path Gryspeerdt, Edward, Goren, Tom, Sourdeval, Odran, Quaas, Johannes, Mulmenstadt, Johannes, Dipu, Sudhakar, Unglaub, Claudia, Gettelman, Andrew, Christensen, Matthew Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Water Temperature, Water Vapor Indices
Warm Rain Rates from AMSR-E 89-GHz Brightness Temperatures Trained Using CloudSat Rain-Rate Observations Eastman, Ryan, Lebsock, Matthew, Wood, Robert Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Water Temperature, Water Vapor Indices, Convective Surface Precipitation Rate, Liquid Surface Precipitation Rate, Precipitation Rate, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Estimating precipitation susceptibility in warm marine clouds using multi-sensor aerosol and cloud products from A-Train satellites Bai, Heming, Gong, Cheng, Wang, Minghuai, Zhang, Zhibo, L'Ecuyer, Tristan Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Water Temperature, Water Vapor Indices
Representing Cloud Water Content of Extensive Cloud Systems Over Land Seto, R., Koike, T., Kanae, S. Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Water Temperature, Water Vapor Indices
Subpixel variability and quality assessment of satellite sea surface Castro, Sandra L., Monzon, Lucas A., Wick, Gary A., Lewis, Ryan D., Beylkin, Greg Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Water Temperature, Water Vapor Indices
The Competing Effects of Stability and Humidity on Subtropical Eastman, Ryan, Wood, Robert Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Water Temperature, Water Vapor Indices
Uncertainties in MODIS-Based Cloud Liquid Water Path Retrievals at High Khanal, Sujan, Wang, Zhien Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Water Temperature, Water Vapor Indices
Community review of Southern Ocean satellite data needs Pope, A., Wagner, P., Johnson, R., Shutler, J.D., Baeseman, J., Newman, L. Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Water Temperature, Water Vapor Indices, Sea Ice Concentration, Snow Cover, Ice Velocity, Ice Velocity, Brightness Temperature
Instantaneous linkages between clouds and large-scale meteorology over the Southern Ocean in observations and a climate model Wall, Casey J., Hartmann, Dennis L., Ma, Po-Lun Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Water Temperature, Water Vapor Indices
The subtropical stratocumulus-topped planetary boundary layer: A climatology and the Lagrangian evolution Eastman, Ryan, Wood, Robert, Ting O, Kuan Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Water Temperature, Water Vapor Indices
Factors Controlling Low-Cloud Evolution over the Eastern Subtropical Eastman, Ryan, Wood, Robert Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Water Temperature, Water Vapor Indices
The Relationship between Boundary Layer Stability and Cloud Cover in the Naud, Catherine M., Booth, James F., Del Genio, Anthony D. Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Water Temperature, Water Vapor Indices
Time scales of clouds and cloud-controlling variables in subtropical stratocumulus from a Lagrangian perspective Eastman, Ryan, Wood, Robert, Bretherton, Christopher S. Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Water Temperature, Water Vapor Indices
Air-deployed microbuoy measurement of temperatures in the marginal ice zone upper ocean during the mizopex campaign Bradley, Alice C., Palo, Scott, LoDolce, Gabriel, Weibel, Doug, Lawrence, Dale Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Water Temperature, Water Vapor Indices
The Clouds Climate Change Initiative: Assessment of state-of-the-art Stengel, M., Mieruch, S., Jerg, M., Karlsson, K.-G., Scheirer, R., Maddux, B., Meirink, J.F., Poulsen, C., Siddans, R., Walther, A., Hollmann, R. Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Water Temperature, Water Vapor Indices, Sea Ice Concentration, Snow Cover
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