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Aquarius L3 Weekly Polar-Gridded Normalized Radar Cross Section, Version 5
The data set consists of weekly polar-gridded Level-3 products of Aquarius L-band Normalized Radar Cross Section (NRCS) retrievals from the Aquarius/Satélite de Aplicaciones Científicas (SAC-D) mission, developed collaboratively between the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Argentina's space agency, Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE).
Version 5 of Aquarius L3 Weekly Polar-Gridded Normalized Radar Cross Section utilizes Version 4 of the Aquarius Level-2 NRCS as input data.
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Temporal Resolution: | 7 day |
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Platform(s) | SAC-D |
Sensor(s): | AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER |
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Version: | V5 |
Data Contributor(s): | Ludovic Brucker, Emmanuel Dinnat, Lora Koenig |
Metadata XML: | View Metadata Record |
Data Citation
As a condition of using these data, you must cite the use of this data set using the following citation. For more information, see our Use and Copyright Web page.
Brucker, L., E. Dinnat, and L. Koenig. 2015. Aquarius L3 Weekly Polar-Gridded Normalized Radar Cross Section, Version 5. [Indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/Aquarius/AQ3_NRCS.005. [Date Accessed].Access complete Knowledge Base
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