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SPoRT. Utilization of AMSR-E products in SPoRT Frank LaFontaine Raytheon Information Solutions. The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS (AMSR-E). SPoRT. AMSR-E is only onboard Aqua. AMSR-E swath (dashed) ~1445 km. MODIS swath (solid) ~2330 km. SPoRT.

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  1. SPoRT Utilization of AMSR-E products in SPoRT Frank LaFontaine Raytheon Information Solutions The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS (AMSR-E)

  2. SPoRT AMSR-E is only onboard Aqua AMSR-E swath (dashed) ~1445 km MODIS swath (solid) ~2330 km

  3. SPoRT AMSR-E PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS CENTER FREQUENCIES (GHz) 6.925 10.65 18.7 23.8 36.5 89.0 BANDWIDTH (MHz) 350 100 200 400 1000 3000 SENSITIVITY (K) 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.1 MEAN SPATIAL RES. (km) 56 38 21 24 12 5.4 IFOV (km x km) 74 x 43 51 x 30 27 x 16 31 x 18 14 x 8 6 x 4 SAMPLING RATE (km x km) 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 5 x 5 INTEGRATION TIME (MSEC) 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 1.3 MAIN BEAM EFFICIENCY (%) 95.3 95.0 96.3 96.4 95.3 96.0 BEAMWIDTH (degrees) 2.2 1.4 0.8 0.9 0.4 0.18 For more go to the MSFC AMSR-E web site -- http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/AMSR/instrument_descrip.html

  4. SPoRT Official AMSR-E Swath Products Product PI Units Res. Comments Rain Rate (Adler, et al) mm/hr 5 km Instantaneous est. over land & ocean Convective Pct. (Adler, et al) - 5 km Instantaneous est. over land & ocean Wind Speed (Wentz) m/s 21 & 38 km At h=10m over ocean only Water Vapor (Wentz) mm 21 km Integrated column over ocean only Liquid Water (Wentz) mm 12 km Integrated column over ocean only Sea Surface Temperature (Wentz) C 38 & 56 km 10 GHz and 6 GHz versions Soil Moisture (Njoku) g/cm3 25 km At 0-1 cm, averaged to EASE-grid Vegetation Water (Njoku) kg/m2 25 km a.k.a. Surface Roughness, avg. to EASE-grid These and snow/ice products are also available in daily, weekly, and monthly time scales.

  5. SPoRT AMSR-E Products Utilized (as of Jan 2007)

  6. SPoRT Rain Rate Convective Percent

  7. SPoRT Rain Rate on Regional and State Scales

  8. SPoRT Water Vapor Sea Surface Temperature

  9. SPoRT Wind Speed Soil Moisture Swath

  10. SPoRT Soil Moisture3-5 day Composite Soil Moisture Latency

  11. Backup Slides

  12. Soil Moisture Case Study Regions

  13. AMSR-E Composite Soil Moisture and NCEP Stage IV Hourly Rainfall Time Period: 03 Dec 2006 – 03 Jan 2007Region: SE North DakotaDomain: (48, -100) x (46, -97)

  14. AMSR-E Composite Soil Moisture and NCEP Stage IV Hourly Rainfall Time Period: 03 Dec 2006 – 03 Jan 2007Region: KansasDomain: (40, -102) x (37, -96)

  15. AMSR-E Composite Soil Moisture and NCEP Stage IV Hourly Rainfall Time Period: 03 Dec 2006 – 03 Jan 2007Region: N. MississippiDomain: (35, -90) x (33, -88)

  16. AMSR-E Composite Soil Moisture and NCEP Stage IV Hourly Rainfall Time Period: 03 Dec 2006 – 03 Jan 2007Region: North-Central AlabamaDomain: (35, -87) x (34, -86)

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