Snow Water Equivalent (AMSR-E)
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The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) distributes daily, weekly, and monthly products which includes snow water equivalent. Note: "On 04 October 2011, the AMSR-E instrument on board the Aqua satellite stopped producing data due to a problem with the rotation of its antenna."
Key Limitations
Key Limitations
AMSR-E snow water equivalent (SWE) is biased low
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Hosted Climate Index Files
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Usage Restrictions
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Other Information
Earth system components and main variables
Type of data product
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Years of record
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Timestep
Daily, Monthly, Weekly
Domain
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Vertical Levels:
Missing Data Flag
Missing data present
Ocean or Land
Land Only
Spatial Resolution
EASE 721x721 grid
Model Resolution (reanalysis)
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Data Assimilation Method
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Model Vintage (reanalysis)
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