From ArcticInfo@arcus.org Fri Mar 5 22:07:30 2004 Return-Path: Received: from loft.ncep.noaa.gov (loft.wwb.noaa.gov [140.90.193.45]) by polar.wwb.noaa.gov (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2637UFj024797 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2004 22:07:30 -0500 Received: from lnx337.wwb.noaa.gov ([140.90.193.252]) by loft.ncep.noaa.gov (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id HU4WOI00.R1I for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2004 22:07:30 -0500 Received: from mx1.ncep.noaa.gov (mx1.wwb.noaa.gov [140.90.193.27]) by lnx337.wwb.noaa.gov (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2637RTX007896 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2004 22:07:27 -0500 Received: from loft.ncep.noaa.gov (loft.wwb.noaa.gov [140.90.193.45]) by mx1.ncep.noaa.gov (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i263disf027541 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2004 22:39:44 -0500 Received: from relay-east.nems.noaa.gov ([205.156.4.216]) by loft.ncep.noaa.gov (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id HU4WOF00.G1W for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2004 22:07:27 -0500 Received: from mx-east2.nems.noaa.gov ([140.90.121.149]) by relay-east.nems.noaa.gov (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id HU4WOD00.3BK; Fri, 5 Mar 2004 22:07:25 -0500 Received: from mail.arcus.org(209.165.164.5) by mx-east2.nems.noaa.gov via csmap id 591cdac6_6f1d_11d8_915b_003048245fe6_26852; Fri, 05 Mar 2004 22:21:25 -0500 (EST) Received: from 209.165.164.9 (chinook.arcus.org [209.165.164.9]) BY mail.arcus.org ([209.165.164.5]) WITH SMTP (4D WebSTAR V Mail (5.3.2)); Fri, 05 Mar 2004 18:04:57 -0900 Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 18:00:00 -0900 Message-Id: Subject: AMSR-E Snow and Ice Products Now Available From NSIDC From: "ArcticInfo" To: ArcticInfo Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-NCEP-MailScanner-Information: Please contact ncep.helpdesk@noaa.gov for info X-NCEP-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-NCEP-MailScanner-SpamCheck: Status: RO AMSR-E Snow and Ice Products Now Available National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) For further information, please go to: http://nsidc.org/data/amsr/ or to: http://nsidc.org/data/amsr_validation or to: http://nsidc.org ------------------------------------ Dear Colleague, The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) is a passive microwave instrument launched aboard NASA's Aqua Satellite on 4 May 2002. As of 1 March 2004, daily Level-2B and Level-3 products are available from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), beginning with dates from 18 February 2004. The following snow and sea ice products should be of particular interest to the cryospheric community: - AMSR-E/Aqua L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids - AMSR-E/Aqua 5-Day L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids - AMSR-E/Aqua Monthly L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids - AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 6.25 km 89 GHz Brightness Temperature (Tb) Polar Grids - AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 12.5 km Tb, Sea Ice Conc., & Snow Depth Polar Grids - AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 25 km Tb, Sea Ice Temperature, & Sea Ice Conc. Polar Grids 5-day and monthly Snow Water Equivalent products will be available 3 March and 9 April, respectively. For more information and instructions for ordering these and other AMSR-E data products, including the L1A raw observation counts, L2A brightness temperatures, and L2B and L3 products related to land, rainfall, and oceans, please visit the following web site: http://nsidc.org/data/amsr NSIDC also distributes AMSR-E validation data. For further details, please see: http://nsidc.org/data/amsr_validation If you have any questions, please contact NSIDC User Services. Regards, John Maurer NSIDC User Services CIRES 449 UCB University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0449 Phone: 303-492-6199 E-mail: (nsidc@nsidc.org) -------------------------------------------------------------------- ArcticInfo is administered by the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS). Please visit us on the World Wide Web at: http://www.arcus.org At any time you may: Subscribe to ArcticInfo by sending an email to arcticinfo-sub@arcus.org. 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