1. AMSR at NSIDC PoDAG XV Briefing NSIDC 28 September 1999

2. AMSR Overview ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER (AMSR) ADEOS-II Mission (AMSR) Japanese (NASDA) to launch November 2000 14-channel, 8- frequency passive microwave radiometer Frequencies of the AMSR are 6.925, 10.65, 18.7, 23.8, 36.5, and 89.0 (horizontal and vertical polarization) and 50.3 and 52.8 GHz (vertical polarization only). EOS PM-1 Mission (AMSR-E) United States (NASA) to launch December 2000 12-channel, 6 frequency passive microwave radiometer Frequencies of the AMSR-E are 6.925, 10.65, 18.7, 23.8, 36.5, and 89.0 (horizontal and vertical polarization)

3. Performance Characteristics

4. AMSR-E ESDTs

6. AMSR Interfaces AMSR-E ingest, archive Last Updated on 9/15/99 Karen.Michael@gsfc.nasa.gov ESDIS Project 301-614-5286 Orbital parameters Rate- buffered AMSR-E & GBAD & distribution AMSR-E L1B AMSR-E L2A IST I/F NASA FDS NASA EOC NASDA JAPAN L1A, L1B (archive L1) PO DAAC (JPL) RSS (Wentz/Santa Rosa) EDOS NOAA server ECS @ NSIDC DAAC AMSR-E SIPS (GHRC/MSFC) EDG (Client) AMSR-E Level 2&3 Alaska Svalbard Rate-buffered data & GBAD (all PM-1 instruments) AMSR-E PDS, GBAD PDS (APID’s 957,959) QA updates USER Interoperability Search/Order AMSR-E PDS & GBAD (Back-up only /request via EDG)

7. AMSR Interfaces at NSIDC Last Updated on 9/15/99 Karen.Michael@gsfc.nasa.gov ESDIS Project 301-614-5286 AMSR-E ingest, archive & distribution AMSR-E L1B NASDA JAPAN PO DAAC (JPL) EDOS GSFC ECS @ NSIDC DAAC AMSR-E SIPS (GHRC/MSFC) EDG (Client) AMSR-E Level 2&3 AMSR-E PDS, GBAD PDS (APID’s 957,959) QA updates USER Search/Order AMSR-E PDS & GBAD (Back-up only /request via EDG) NSIDC DAAC PDR Server & Metadata generator AMSR-E L1B