This dataset includes passive microwave remote sensing brightness temperatures data for longitude and latitude projections and 0.25 degree resolution from 2002 to 2008 in China.
1. Data processing process:
NSIDC produces AMSR-E gridded brightness temperature data by interpolating AMSR-E data (6.9 GHz, 10.7 GHz, 18.7 GHz, 23.8 GHz, 36.5 GHz, and 89.0 GHz) to the output grids from swath space using an Inverse Distance Squared (ID2) method.
2. Data format:
Brightness temperature files: two-byte unsigned integers, little-endian byte order
Time files: two-byte signed integers, little-endian byte order
3. Data naming:
ID2rx-AMSRE-aayyyydddp.vnn.ccc (China-ID2r1-AMSRE-D.252002170A.v03.06V)
ID2 Inverse Distance Squared
r1 Resolution 1 swath input data
AMSRE Identifies this an AMSR-E file
D.25 Identifies this as a quarter degree file
yyyy Four-digit year
ddd Three-digit day of year
p Pass direction (A = ascending, D = descending)
vnn Gridded data version number (for example, v01, v02, v03)
ccc AMSR-E channel indicator: numeric frequency (06, 10, 18, 23, 36, or 89) followed by polarization (H or V)
4. Cutting range:
Corner Coordinates:
Upper Left (60.0000000, 55.0000000) (60d 0'0.00 "E, 55d 0'0.00" N)
Lower Left (60.0000000, 15.0000000) (60d 0'0.00 "E, 15d 0'0.00" N)
Upper Right (140.0000000, 55.0000000) (140d 0'0.00 "E, 55d 0'0.00" N)
Lower Right (140.0000000, 15.0000000) (140d 0'0.00 "E, 15d 0'0.00" N)
Center (100.0000000, 35.0000000) (100d 0'0.00 "E, 35d 0'0.00" N)
Origin = (60.000000000000000, 55.000000000000000)
5. Data projection:
GEOGCS ["WGS 84",
DATUM ["WGS_1984",
SPHEROID ["WGS 84", 6378137,298.257223563,
AUTHORITY ["EPSG", "7030"]],
TOWGS84 [0,0,0,0,0,0,0],
AUTHORITY ["EPSG", "6326"]],
PRIMEM ["Greenwich", 0,
AUTHORITY ["EPSG", "8901"]],
UNIT ["degree", 0.0174532925199433,
AUTHORITY ["EPSG", "9108"]],
AUTHORITY ["EPSG", "4326"]]