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Description

The AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L3 Global Monthly Ascending/Descending .25x.25 deg Ocean Grids data set is a gridded product that reports monthly estimates of water vapor, cloud liquid water content, and surface wind speed over the ocean. The data are derived from resampled Near Real-Time (NRT) Level-1R data provided by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

Sea surface temperatures from the NOAA 1/4° Daily Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature (OISST) product are also included.

Product Summary

Platforms
Aqua ,
GCOM-W1
Instruments
AMSR-E ,
AMSR2
Spatial Extent

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

Spatial Resolution
0.25 Decimal Degrees x 0.25 Decimal Degrees
Geographic Region
GLOBAL OCEAN
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2002-06-01 to 2011-10-04 ,
2012-07-02 to Present
Concept ID
C3327091688-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
271
Processing Level
3
Science Keywords
Cloud Precipitable Water ,
Cloud Water Path ,
Sea Surface Temperature ,
Surface Winds

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

Kummerow, C., Ferraro, R., Randel, D., & Brown, P. J. (2024). AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L3 Global Monthly Ascending/Descending .25x.25 deg Ocean Grids, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/EX7P1JPQ0UA8 Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

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USER'S GUIDE

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION