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Description

This gridded Level-3 land surface product (AE_Land3) includes daily measurements of surface soil moisture and vegetation/roughness water content interpretive information, as well as brightness temperatures and quality control variables. Ancillary data include time, geolocation, and quality assessment.

Version Description

See <a href="https://nsidc.org/data/amsre/version-history">https://nsidc.org/data/amsre/version-history</a>

Product Summary

Platforms
Aqua
Instruments
AMSR-E
Spatial Extent

N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers
Geographic Region
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2002-06-19 to 2011-10-03
Concept ID
C3235723259-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
3366
Processing Level
3
Published
Science Keywords
Brightness Temperature ,
Microwave Imagery ,
Soil Moisture/Water Content ,
Vegetation Water Content

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

Njoku, E. (2004). AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 Surface Soil Moisture, Interpretive Parameters, & QC EASE-Grids, Version 2 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/AMSR-E/AE_LAND3.002 Date Accessed: 2026-01-10

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