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Description

This data set provides an estimate the marine boundary layer water vapor beneath uniform cloud fields. Microwave radiometry from AMSR-E and AMSR-2 provides the total column water vapor, while the near-infrared imagery from MODIS provides the water vapor above the cloud layers. The difference between the two gives the vapor between the surface and the cloud top, which may be interpreted as the boundary layer water vapor.

Product Summary

Platforms
Aqua ,
GCOM-W1
Instruments
AMSR-E ,
MODIS ,
AMSR2
Projects
MEaSUREs
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2002-07-04 to 2016-12-31
Data Partner
Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Terrestrial Information Systems Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/TISL/GESDI
Concept ID
C1382049816-GES_DISC
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
4806
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Atmospheric Water Vapor

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Teixeira, J. (2016). AMSR-MODIS Boundary Layer Water Vapor L3 Daily 1 degree x 1 degree V1 [Dataset]. NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MEASURES/AMDBLWV Date Accessed: 2026-09-10

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ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

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Strengthening cold wakes lead to decreasing trend of tropical cyclone rainfall rates relative to background environmental rainfall rates Ma, Zhanhong, Lin, Yanluan, Fei, Jianfang, Zheng, Yunxia, Chu, Wenchao, Ye, Hexin Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Humidity, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Atmospheric Water Vapor
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