Description
The Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) Monthly 1-degree Microwave Total Precipitable Water (TPW) netCDF dataset V7R01 provides global total columnar water vapor values, or TPW, over ocean areas. This dataset contains monthly, 1-degree TPW means, a 12-month climatology made using 1988 to 2007 data, monthly anomaly maps, a trend map with associated global and tropical TPW time series and trends, and a time-latitude plot. The 1 degree TPW dataset is a merged ocean product constructed using version 7 (V7) passive microwave geophysical ocean products made publicly available by RSS (www.remss.com). TPW values for this dataset were acquired from the following satellite microwave radiometers: SSM/I F08 through F15, SSMIS F16 and F17, AMSR-E, AMSR-2, and WindSat. The radiometers used to construct this dataset were were inter-calibrated at the brightness temperature level, while the V7 ocean products were produced using a consistent processing methodology across sensors.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get a related visualization | HTML | N/A | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | Instructions for citing GHRC data | Open resource |
| View the documentation for this dataset's algorithms | Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) Version 2 AMSR Ocean Algorithm | Open resource | |
| View the documentation for this dataset's algorithms | Supplement 1 Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document for AMSR-E Ocean Algorithms | Open resource | |
| View documentation related to this dataset | The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset | Open resource | |
| View the primary investigator's documentation for this dataset | SSM/I Rain Retrievals within a Unified All-Weather Ocean Algorithm May 1, 1998 | Open resource | |
| View the primary investigator's documentation for this dataset | Ocean Algorithm for special sensor microwave/imager | Open resource | |
| Google Scholar search results | HTML | Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. | Open resource |
| Download this dataset | HTML | Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link | Open resource |
| View the primary investigator's documentation for this dataset | HTML | TPW data description | Open resource |