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Description

The Calibrated Enhanced-Resolution Passive Microwave Daily EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperature ESDR, Version 2 data set is a multi-sensor Level 3 Earth Science Data Record (ESDR) with improvements upon Version 1 in cross-sensor calibration and quality checking, modern file formats, better quality control, improved projection grids, and local time-of-day (LTOD) processing. These data are gridded to three EASE-Grid 2.0 projections (North Azimuthal, South Azimuthal, and Cylindrical) and include enhanced-resolution imagery, as well as coarse-resolution, averaged imagery. Inputs include brightness temperature data from the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR), Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I), Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS), Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E), and Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2).

Version Description

Changes to this version include:

  • Change in the input data streams for SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR-E
  • Addition of AMSR2 data

Product Summary

Platforms
Aqua ,
DMSP 5D-2/F10 ,
DMSP 5D-2/F11 ,
DMSP 5D-2/F13 ,
DMSP 5D-2/F14 ,
DMSP 5D-2/F8 ,
DMSP 5D-3/F15 ,
DMSP 5D-3/F16 ,
DMSP 5D-3/F17 ,
DMSP 5D-3/F18 ,
DMSP 5D-3/F19 ,
GCOM-W1 ,
Nimbus-7
Instruments
AMSR-E ,
SSM/I ,
SSMIS ,
AMSR2 ,
SMMR
Spatial Extent

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

Geographic Region
GLOBAL ,
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE ,
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1978-10-25 to Present
Concept ID
C3177839163-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
4329031
Processing Level
3
Published
Science Keywords
Brightness Temperature

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.

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Brodzik, M. J., Long, D., Hardman, M., Paget, A., & Armstrong, R. (2024). Calibrated Enhanced-Resolution Passive Microwave Daily EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperature ESDR, Version 2 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/19LHYLUXZ22M Date Accessed: 2025-12-25

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