NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU)-A Brightness Temperature, Version 1

Description

The NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) for Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A (AMSU-A) brightness temperature in "window channels". The data cover a time period from 1998 to 2015 with preliminary data starting in 2016, updated monthly, at roughly a 48km resolution over the entire globe with 30 observations per scan, using channels 23, 31, 50, 89 GHz. The AMSU-A sensor is flown on NOAA-15, -16, -17, -18, -19 and MetOp-A satellites. Visual inspections and verification of the various corrections were applied to the data to improve data accuracy.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Landing page for the dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/V53R0QXD
0 Access to the published CDR product, documentation and source code. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdr/fundamental/amsu-brightness-temperature
21 University of Maryland project page with dataset information. http://cics.umd.edu/AMSU-CDR/data.html
0 Direct download links for dataset files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/amsu-a-brightness-temperature/access/
0 Information on AWS data access. https://registry.opendata.aws/noaa-cdr-fundamental/
0 Browse view to explore the S3 bucket. http://AWS_S3_EXPLORER
21 Information on Microsoft Azure data access. https://microsoft.github.io/AIforEarthDataSets/data/noaa-cdr.html
0 Overview of the GCOS Essential Climate Variables. https://public.wmo.int/en/programmes/global-climate-observing-system/essential-climate-variables
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 Report documenting the Scientific Data Stewardship Maturity for this dataset. https://doi.org/10.25923/4sjj-4s82
0 Report documenting the Scientific Data Stewardship Maturity for this dataset. https://doi.org/10.25923/4sjj-4s82
0 Landing page for science paper https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2012.2211884
0 Search the data archive and submit an order for the dataset via the interface. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/has/HAS.FileAppRouter?datasetname=HYDROCDR&subqueryby=STATION&applname=&outdest=FILE
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords

Tags

  • earth system science interdisciplinary center
  • vertical location
  • precipitation
  • land surface
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/star
  • atmospheric temperature
  • nesdis
  • university of maryland
  • noaa climate data record (cdr) program
  • brightness temperature
  • snow
  • 10 km - < 50 km or approximately .09 degree - < .5 degree
  • atmospheric water vapor
  • center for satellite applications and research
  • atmosphere
  • noaa
  • cryosphere
  • atmospheric - upper-air - upper-air water vapour
  • global
  • noaa onestop project
  • hourly - < daily
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • rain
  • geographic region
  • sea ice
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • satellite
  • noaa polar orbiting environmental satellites
  • amsu-a
  • solid precipitation
  • infrared wavelengths
  • liquid precipitation
  • clouds
  • advanced microwave sounding unit-a
  • spectral/engineering
  • umd/essic
  • metop
  • national centers for environmental information
  • noaa poes

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