Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Climatology Data V5.0
(AQUARIUS_L3_DENSITY_SMID_MONTHLY-CLIMATOLOGY_V5)
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| 2021 | NASA Aquarius project. 2017. Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products. Ver. 5.0. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [2021-03-03] at https://doi.org/10.5067/AQR50-3DUDE Using remote sensing techniques to investigate the detection of Sargassum blooms in the Caribbean and possible causes for these events, Journal ,http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/18498 |
| Version | 5.0 |
| Processing Level | 3 |
| Start/Stop Date | 2011-Aug-25 to 2015-Jun-07 |
| Short Name | AQUARIUS_L3_DENSITY_SMID_MONTHLY-CLIMATOLOGY_V5 |
| Description | Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution density data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the monthly climatology, Descending sea surface density product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onbard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath. |
| DOI | 10.5067/AQR50-3DUDE |
| Measurement | OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY |
| Platform/Sensor | Aquarius_SAC-D / Platform Name: Aquarius SAC-D (Aquarius_SAC-D) Orbit Period: 98.0 minutes Inclination Angle: 98.0 degrees AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER SENSOR Name: Aquarius Radiometer (AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER) Swath Width: 390.0 kilometers Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator. Aquarius_SAC-D / Platform Name: Aquarius SAC-D (Aquarius_SAC-D) Orbit Period: 98.0 minutes Inclination Angle: 98.0 degrees AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER SENSOR Name: Aquarius Scatterometer (AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER) Swath Width: 390.0 kilometers Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator. |
| Project | AQUARIUS SAC-D (AQUARIUS SAC-D) |
| Data Provider | Publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG Creator: NASA Aquarius project Release Place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA Release Date: 2017-Dec-07 Resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius |
| Format | HDF5 |
| Keyword(s) | Climatology, Aquarius, density, polar, sun-synchronous, sss, psu, CONAE, argentina, project, mission, OBPG |
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Resolution Spatial Resolution: 1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees Temporal Resolution: 1 Month Coverage Region: GLOBAL North Bounding Coordinate: 90 degrees South Bounding Coordinate: -90 degrees West Bounding Coordinate: -180 degrees East Bounding Coordinate: 180 degrees Time Span: 2011-Aug-25 to 2015-Jun-07 Granule Time Span: 2011-Aug-25 to 2015-Jun-07 Projection Projection Type: Gridded Ellipsoid: WGS 84 |
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| Citation | NASA Aquarius project. 2017. Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products. Ver. 5.0. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [YYYY-MM-DD] at https://doi.org/10.5067/AQR50-3DUDE
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| Journal Reference | Lee, T., G. Lagerloef, M.M. Gierach, H.-Y. Kao, S. Yueh, and K. Dohan (2012), Aquarius reveals salinity structure of tropical instability waves, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L12610, doi:10.1029/2012GL052232. . |
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