NOAA Climate Data Records (CDR) of AMSU-A/B and MHS Hydrological Properties, Version 1

Description

The NOAA Hydrological Properties for Applications Thematic Climate Data Record (TCDR) consist of Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A (AMSU-A), Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-B (AMSU-B) and Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS) data to help with the long term monitoring of the global water cycle. The data cover a time period from 1998 to 2010, at roughly a 48 km (AMSU-A) and a 16 km resolution (AMSU-B/MHS) resolution over the entire globe with 30 (AMSU-A) and 90 (AMSU-B/MHS) observations per scan. Visual inspections and verification of the various corrections were applied to the data to improve data accuracy. AMSU-A TCDR variables consist of Total Precipitable Water (TPW), Cloud Liquid Water (CLW), Sea-Ice concentration (SIC), Land surface temperature (LST), Land surface emissivity (23, 31, 50 GHz) (LSE). AMSU-B/MHS TCDR variables consist of Ice water path (IWP), rain rate (RR), snow cover (SC) and snow water equivalent (SWE). The data are ideal for helping with things like validating climate model simulations; identifying climate extremes; validating other observations and more.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Landing page for the dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/V5V69GM6
0 Access to the published CDR product, documentation and source code. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdr/atmospheric/hydrological-properties
21 Project page with dataset information. http://cics.umd.edu/AMSU-CDR/home.html
0 Direct download links for dataset files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/hydrological-properties/access/
0 Search the data archive and submit an order for the dataset via the interface. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/has/HAS.DsSelect
0 Information on AWS data access. https://registry.opendata.aws/noaa-cdr-atmospheric/
21 Browse view to explore the S3 bucket. https://noaa-cdr-hydrological-properties-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html
21 Information on Microsoft Azure data access. https://microsoft.github.io/AIforEarthDataSets/data/noaa-cdr.html
21 Univerisity of Maryland informational website for CDR data. http://cics.umd.edu/AMSU-CDR/home.html
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 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/fw6p-jw64
0 Report documenting the Scientific Data Stewardship Maturity for this dataset. https://doi.org/10.25923/fw6p-jw64
0 Science paper landing page. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2004.843249

Tags

  • earth system science interdisciplinary center
  • vertical location
  • precipitation
  • land surface
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/star
  • atmospheric temperature
  • nesdis
  • advanced microwave sounding unit-b
  • 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
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • rain
  • geographic region
  • sea ice
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • microwave humidity sounder
  • satellite
  • mhs
  • 1 minute - < 1 hour
  • noaa polar orbiting environmental satellites
  • amsu-a
  • solid precipitation
  • infrared wavelengths
  • liquid precipitation
  • clouds
  • advanced microwave sounding unit-a
  • spectral/engineering
  • umd/essic
  • metop
  • amsu-b
  • national centers for environmental information
  • noaa poes

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