gov.noaa.ncdc:C00980 eng; USA utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact 2025-12-03T14:42:19 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU)-A Brightness Temperature, Version 1 AMSU-A Brightness Temperature AMSU-A TB CDR 2016 publication 2016-09 creation Version 1 doi:10.7289/V53R0QXD NCEI DSI 3702_01 gov.noaa.ncdc:C00980 Access Identifier amsua-brightness-temperature Ferraro, Ralph Center for Satellite Applications and Research originator Ferraro, Ralph Center for Satellite Applications and Research author Meng, Huan Center for Satellite Applications and Research collaborator Meng, Huan Center for Satellite Applications and Research author Yang, Wenze UMD/ESSIC > Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland collaborator Yang, Wenze UMD/ESSIC > Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland author NOAA CDR Program collaborator NOAA CDR Program author National Centers for Environmental Information publisher DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce publisher The NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) for Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A (AMSU-A) brightness temperature in "window channels". The data cover a time period from 1998 to 2015 with preliminary data starting in 2016, updated monthly, at roughly a 48km resolution over the entire globe with 30 observations per scan, using channels 23, 31, 50, 89 GHz. The AMSU-A sensor is flown on NOAA-15, -16, -17, -18, -19 and MetOp-A satellites. Visual inspections and verification of the various corrections were applied to the data to improve data accuracy. This data set provides advanced scientific researchers a high quality Climate Data Record (CDR) are useful for long term monitoring of the global water cycle. 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It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. information publisher See the Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document for a description of use limitations. otherRestrictions Cite as: Ferraro, Ralph R.; Meng, Huan; Yang, Wenze; and NOAA CDR Program (2016). NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU)-A, Version 1.0. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. doi:10.7289/V53R0QXD [access date]. otherRestrictions See the Use Agreement for this CDR available on the CDR page. otherRestrictions The quality of the output CDR data is dependent on the quality of the input data. As such, the near real-time data is labeled as an Interim operational CDR (ICDR) or preliminary CDR instead of a final CDR, indicating that it has not yet been fully vetted for climate applications. 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Data Stewardship Maturity Report for NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU)-A Brightness Temperature, Version 1 2022 publication NOAA Institutional Repository publisher https://doi.org/10.25923/4sjj-4s82 HTTPS Web Browser DSMR Publication at the NOAA Institutional Repository Report documenting the Scientific Data Stewardship Maturity for this dataset. information crossReference sciencePaper Data Stewardship Maturity Report for NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU)-A Brightness Temperature, Version 1 2021 publication NOAA Institutional Repository publisher https://doi.org/10.25923/4sjj-4s82 HTTPS Web Browser DSMR Publication at the NOAA Institutional Repository Report documenting the Scientific Data Stewardship Maturity for this dataset. information crossReference sciencePaper Cross Scan Asymmetry of AMSU-A Window Channels: Characterization, Correction and Verification 2013-03-01 publication IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 1514-1530, Mar. 2013. 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2211884 IEEE > Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. publisher https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2012.2211884 HTTPS Web Browser Cross Scan Asymmetry of AMSU-A Window Channels: Characterization, Correction and Verification Landing page for science paper information crossReference sciencePaper 48000 eng; USA climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere UNIX, C language 1 -180.0 180.0 -90.0 90.0 ground condition 1998-08-01 6 scan_time char Scan start time (UTC) in ISO8601 date/time (YYYY-MM-DDTHH-MM-SS) format longitude_a1_2 float Longitude for AMSU unit A1-2, e.g. 50.3 GHz (longitude) latitude_a2 float Latitude for AMSU unit A2, including 23.8 GHz and 31.4 GHz (latitude) longitude_a1_1 float Longitude for AMSU unit A1-1, e.g., 89.0 GHz (longitude) longitude_a2 float Longitude for AMSU unit A2, including 23.8 GHz and 31.4 GHz (longitude) latitude_a1_2 float Latitude for AMSU unit A1-2, e.g., 53.0 GHz (latitude) scan_time_since98 double Scan start time (UTC) in a referenced or elapsed time format (time) latitude_a1_1 float Latitude for AMSU unit A1-1, e.g., 89.0 GHz (latitude) orbital_mode byte satellite direction surface_type_a1_1 byte surface type for AMSU unit A1-1, e.g., 89.0 GHz surface_type_a1_2 byte surface type for AMSU unit A1-2, e.g., 50.3 GHz surface_type_a2 byte surface type for AMSU unit A2, including 23.8 GHz and 31.4 GHz earth_angle_of_incidence_a1_1 float earth angle of incidence for AMSU unit A1-1, e.g., 89.0 GHz earth_angle_of_incidence_a1_2 float earth angle of incidence for AMSU unit A1-2, e.g., 50.3 GHz earth_angle_of_incidence_a2 float earth angle of incidence for AMSU unit A2, including 23.8 GHz and 31.4 GHz solar_zenith_angle float solar zenith angle for all AMSU-A units (solar zenith angle) fcdr_brightness_temperature_23 float NOAA FCDR of 23.8 GHz brightness temperature (brightness_temperature) fcdr_brightness_temperature_31 float NOAA FCDR of 31.4 GHz brightness temperature (brightness_temperature) fcdr_brightness_temperature_50 float NOAA FCDR of 50.3 GHz brightness temperature (brightness_temperature) fcdr_brightness_temperature_89 float NOAA FCDR of 89.0 GHz brightness temperature (brightness_temperature) flag_brightness_temperature byte instrument/channel quality flag NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information distributor In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. 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