ADEOS-II/AMSR L2 Snow Water Equivalent
- DOI: 10.57746/EO.01gs73aqfs4y14ccazpmr0z2d9
- Last Updated: 2023-02-14
Product Summary
ADEOS-II/AMSR L2 Snow Water Equivalent 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.
Level 2 product stores the Geophysical quantity from the brightness temperature of level 1 product.
This product includes Snow Water Equivalent (SWE). Compared with non-snow surfaces, therefore, a snowpack has a distinctive electromagnetic signature at frequencies above 25 GHz. When viewed using passive microwave radiometers from above the snowpack, the scattering of upwelling radiation depresses the brightness temperature of the snow at increasingly high frequencies. This scattering behavior of snow can be exploited to detect the presence of snow on the ground. Having detected the snow, it is then possible to estimate the snow depth of the pack using the degree of scattering. The physical quantity unit is cm.
The provided format is HDF4. Spatial resolution is 10 km. The current version of the product is "Version 7". 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 LAND
- Dataset Short Name
- ADEOS-II_AMSR_L2_SWE
- 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
- L2
- Version Description
Version 3, 2005-03-01, Notavailable
Version 4, 2006-03-15, Notavailable
Version 7, 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 L2 Snow Water Equivalent
- Distribution Format
- HDF4
- Fees
- Free
- Citation
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. 2003. ADEOS-II/AMSR L2 Snow Water Equivalent. https://doi.org/10.57746/EO.01gs73aqfs4y14ccazpmr0z2d9
- 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
-
- Environment
- Science Keywords
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- EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT
- Location Keywords
-
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL LAND
ISO Topic Categories is the keywords in the ISO 19115 - Geographic Information Metadata.
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