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Description

The AMSR-E/Aqua Level-2B precipitation product includes instantaneous surface precipitation rate and type over ice-free/snow-free land and ocean between 89.24 degrees north and south latitudes at at 10 km spatial resolution along the track and 5 km spatial resolution along the scan. The data are generated by the GPROF 2010 Version 2 algorithm using Version 3 of the AMSR-E Level-2A Brightness Temperatures.

Version Description

Version 3 utilizes the GPROF 2010 Version 2 algorithm and Version 3 of the AMSR-E Level-2A Brightness Temperatures as input. Version 3 now includes both rain and solid precipitation rates and types, as well as ISO lineage metadata.

Product Summary

Platforms
Aqua
Instruments
AMSR-E
Spatial Extent

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

Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
ORBIT
Temporal Extent
2002-06-01 to 2011-10-04
Temporal Resolution
50 Minute
Concept ID
C3248893599-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
98142
Processing Level
2B
Published
Science Keywords
Cloud Liquid Water/Ice ,
Convective Surface Precipitation Rate ,
Liquid Surface Precipitation Rate ,
Precipitation Rate ,
Total Surface Precipitation Rate

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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.

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Kummerow, C., Ferraro, R., & Randel, D. (2015). AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Global Swath Surface Precipitation GSFC Profiling Algorithm, Version 3 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/AMSR-E/AE_RAIN.003 Date Accessed: 2026-09-19

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Upper tropospheric cloud systems derived from IR sounders: properties of cirrus anvils in the tropics Protopapadaki, Sofia E., Stubenrauch, Claudia J., Feofilov, Artem G. Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Convective Surface Precipitation Rate, Liquid Surface Precipitation Rate, Precipitation Rate, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
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