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Description

This Level-3 gridded product (AE_SI6) includes brightness temperatures at 89.0 GHz. Data are mapped to a polar stereographic grid at 6.25 km spatial resolution. This product is an intermediate product during processing of AMSR-E Level-3 sea ice products at 12.5 km and 25 km resolution.

Product Summary

Platforms
Aqua
Instruments
AMSR-E
Spatial Extent

N: -39.23 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

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N: 90 S: 30.98 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
6.25 Kilometers x 6.25 Kilometers
Geographic Region
POLAR
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2002-06-01 to 2011-10-04
Concept ID
C3235764149-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
3385
Processing Level
3
Science Keywords
Brightness Temperature

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.

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Cavalieri, D., Markus, T., & Comiso, J. (2014). AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 6.25 km 89 GHz Brightness Temperature Polar Grids, Version 3 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/AMSR-E/AE_SI6.003 Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

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