ADEOS-II/AMSR L1A
- DOI: 10.57746/EO.01gs73aq7swfteqxsd43j9182q
- Last Updated: 2023-02-14
Product Summary
ADEOS-II/AMSR L1A dataset is obtained from the AMSR sensor onboard ADEOS-II and produced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
The Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II (ADEOS-II) was launched on December 14, 2002 (Japanese Standard Time). The objective of ADEOS-II was to acquire data to contribute to international global climate change research, as well as for applications such as meteorology and fishery. ADEOS-II operation on orbit was given up on October 31 2003, because sufficient electric power was not available to maintain operation of the satellite.
AMSR observes various physical contents concerning to water (H2O) by receiving weak microwaves naturally radiated from the Earth's surface and atmosphere and also regardless of day or night, the presence of clouds. Those sensors aim at collecting global data for mainly understanding the circulation of water and energy.
The Level 1A product is extracted data in range of a half orbit between the South Pole and North Pole from level 0 data and stores the value of observed microwave radiation from the earth surface.
This dataset includes digital count value (raw data) with the missing values filled with dummy data. Quality information and Land/Ocean flag are appended.
For AMSR/AMSR-E, they correspond to digital numbers (DN) converted from instrument output voltages. Other necessary information for higher-level processing, including satellite attitudes and the instrument condition, is also included. Data are not map-projected, but stored in the swath format. (Not open to public)
The provided format is HDF4. The current version of the product is "Version 3". The generation unit is scene (defined as a half orbit).
- Platform
- ADEOS-II
- Sensor
- AMSR
Coverage
Temporal Coverage
2003-04-02 to 2003-10-25
Spatial Coverage
Bounding Rectangle
(90.0°,
-180.0°,
-90.0°,
180.0°)
Resolution
10 km
Location
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL
- Dataset Short Name
- ADEOS-II_AMSR_L1A
- Platform / Sensor
- ADEOS-II / AMSR
- Coverage
-
- Spatial Coverage
-
Bounding Rectangle
(90.0°, -180.0°, -90.0°, 180.0°) - Temporal Coverage
- 2003-04-02 to 2003-10-25
- Product Level ID
- L1A
- Version Description
Version 1, 2003-12-24, Noavailable
Version 1, 2005-03-01, Notavailable
Version 3, 2011-09-28, Available- File Format
- HDF4
- Dataset Type
- None / Scene
- Resolution
-
- Spatial Resolution
- 10 km
- Temporal Resolution
- None
- Dataset Progress
- Complete
- Projection
- None
- Collection Data Type
- SCIENCE_QUALITY
- Get Data
- https://gportal.jaxa.jp/gpr/?lang=en
- Dataset Title
- ADEOS-II/AMSR L1A
- Distribution Format
- HDF4
- Fees
- Free
- Citation
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. 2003. ADEOS-II/AMSR L1A. https://doi.org/10.57746/EO.01gs73aq7swfteqxsd43j9182q
- Access Constraints
No constraints but users need to be registered with the G-portal User Registration system to download files.
- Use Constraints
The user is entitled to use G-Portal data free of charge without any restrictions (including commercial use) except for the condition about acknowledgement of data credit as stipulated in G-portal terms of use 7.(2).Click here for detailed G-Portal data usage constrains.
- G-Portal Terms of service
- https://gportal.jaxa.jp/gpr/index/eula?lang=en
- ISO Topic Categories
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- CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
- OCEANS
- Imagery/Base Maps/Earth Cover
- Science Keywords
-
- EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > MICROWAVE > SENSOR COUNTS
- Location Keywords
-
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL
ISO Topic Categories is the keywords in the ISO 19115 - Geographic Information Metadata.
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