CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- AMSR-E
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Full Name
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Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
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Status
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No longer operational
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Instrument Agencies
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JAXA , NASA
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Maturity
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High Heritage - Operational
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Instrument Type
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Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (passive microwave) 
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Geometry
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Conical scanning
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Instrument Technology
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Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer
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Sampling
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Imaging
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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HDF4, HDF5
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Measurements and Applications
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Measurements of water vapour, cloud liquid water, precipitation, winds, sea surface temperature, sea ice concentration, snow cover and soil moisture. Instrument stopped functioning 4th October 2011.
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Resolution Summary
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5 - 50 km (dependent on frequency)
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Swath Summary
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1445 km
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Accuracy Summary
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Reprocessing of V8 by applying the latest AMSR2 algorithms is ongoing and will be released in 2019. Accuracy of the latest standard products (V8, RMSE): Sea surface temperature: 0.54 degC, Sea ice concentration: 8%, Cloud liquid water: 0.03 kg/m2, Water vapour: 1.6 kg/m2 through total column, Sea surface wind speed 1.0 m/s, (Relative Error in %) Precipitation rate: 66 % for ocean & 91 % for land. (MAE) Snow depth: 17.7 cm, Soil Moisture Content: 5 %vol.
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Waveband Summary
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Microwave: 6.925 GHz, 10.65 GHz, 18.7 GHz, 23. 8 GHz, 36.5 GHz, 89.0 GHz
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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