1. AMSR-E Cryosphere Science Data Product Metrics Prepared by the ESDIS SOO Metrics Team for the Cryosphere Science Data Review January 11-12, 2006

2. AMSR-E NSIDC 122205.ppt 2 Purpose Complements the data products table of metrics Presents the discipline data by significant parameters –# of products, archive, distribution, # of users Allows reviewers to distinguish individual products for further analysis

3. AMSR-E NSIDC 122205.ppt 3 ECS Product Data Metrics Summary FieldDefinition Acronym ESDTEarth Science Data Type -- product mnemonic ESDT NameDescription DAACArchive center LevelProduct processing level DisciplineA primary, scientific application area for which a product is used Granules ArchivedTotal granules stored as of 09/30//2005 and granules archived per FY GA Archive VolumeTotal storage (GBs) as of 09/30/2005 and amount archived per FY AV Distinct End Users per Product (ESDT) per FY Counts of unique users of a product within a FY Total End Users per Product (ESDT) per FY00-FY05 Sum of users over the five year period; five year total is the sum of all years and therefore not a total of unique users over that time frame UU Distribution Volumes per ESDT per FY & Total Volume of the product (GBs) distributed within a FY plus the five year totalDV Distribution Granules per ESDT per FY & Total Number of granules of the product distributed within a FY plus the five year totalDG Orders per Product (ESDT) per FY & FY00-FY05 Total Number of orders (both unique and unknown) of the product within a FY plus the five year totalO Production flagIndicates this product is used to produce other products or for QA testing Product DatesArchive Date, Product Release Date, Discontinued Date CommentUsed sparingly, provides qualitative guidance to help understand product

4. AMSR-E NSIDC 122205.ppt 4 Sample Science Data Product Review Charts and Tables Standard set of charts & tables –Table characterizing the discipline data set –Detailed descriptions of products –Archive volume of discipline data by product level –Focus on L2 ESDTs Product by End User, Product by Archive Volume Table of products with selected parameters –Focus on L3 ESDTs Same as above –Scatter plots (3) of ESDTs by demand and distribution parameters –Sample time profiles Archive, distribution, users and orders by FY Data pool distribution

5. AMSR-E NSIDC 122205.ppt 5 Summary Table of AMSR-E Cryosphere Data Products Products L0L1AL2L3Total # of Products (ESDTs)11169 Min # of Unique End Users Requesting an ESDT 163719812 Max # of Unique End Users Requesting an ESDT 163719848

6. AMSR-E NSIDC 122205.ppt 6 AMSR-E Cryosphere Products Detailed Descriptions ESDTNameDetailed Description AE_L2A AMSR-E/Aqua L2A Global Swath Spatially- Resampled Brightness Temperatures (Tb) The AMSR-E Level-2A product contains brightness temperatures (T B s) at 6.9 GHz, 10.7 GHz, 18.7 GHz, 23.8 GHz, 36.5 GHz, and 89.0 GHz. Data are resampled to be spatially consistent, and therefore are available at a variety of resolutions that correspond to the footprint sizes of the observations (56 km, 38 km, 24 km, 21 km, 12 km, and 5.4 km, respectively). Each swath is packaged with associated geolocation fields. Data are stored in HDF-EOS format. AE_DYSNO AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids The AMSR-E Level-3 daily snow water equivalent (SWE) data set contains SWE data and quality assurance flags mapped to Northern and Southern Hemisphere 25 km Equal-Area Scalable Earth Grids (EASE-Grids). Data are stored in HDF-EOS format. AE_SI12 AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 12.5 km Tb, Sea Ice Conc., and Snow Depth Polar Grids The AMSR-E Level-3 gridded sea ice product includes brightness temperatures (T B s) at 18.7 through 89.0 GHz, sea ice concentration, and snow depth over sea ice. Data are mapped to a polar stereographic grid at 12.5 km spatial resolution. Sea ice concentration and TBs include daily ascending averages, daily descending averages, and daily averages; snow depth over sea ice data is a five-day running average. Data are stored in HDF-EOS format. AE_SI25 AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 25 km Tb, Sea Ice Temperature, and Sea Ice Conc. Polar Grids The AMSR-E Level-3 gridded sea ice product includes brightness temperatures (T B s) at 18.7 through 89.0 GHz, sea ice concentration, and snow depth over sea ice. Data are mapped to a polar stereographic grid at 12.5 km spatial resolution. Sea ice concentration and TBs include daily ascending averages, daily descending averages, and daily averages; snow depth over sea ice data is a five-day running average. Data are stored in HDF-EOS format AE_SI6 AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 6.25 km 89 GHz Brightness Temperature (Tb) Polar Grids The AMSR-E Level-3 gridded 89.0 GHz brightness temperature (T B ) product at 6.25 km resolution is an intermediate product during processing of AMSR-E Level-3 sea ice products at 12.5 km and 25 km resolution. Values are daily average, daily ascending, and daily descending horizontally and vertically polarized TBs mapped to a polar stereographic grid at 6.25 km spatial resolution. Data are stored in HDF- EOS format. AE_5DSNO AMSR-E/Aqua 5-Day L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids The AMSR-E Level-3 5-day snow water equivalent (SWE) data set contains SWE data and quality assurance flags mapped to Northern and Southern Hemisphere 25 km Equal-Area Scalable Earth Grids (EASE-Grids). Data are stored in HDF-EOS format. AE_MOSNO AMSR-E/Aqua Monthly L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids The AMSR-E Level-3 monthly snow water equivalent (SWE) data set contains SWE data and quality assurance flags mapped to Northern and Southern Hemisphere 25 km Equal-Area Scalable Earth Grids (EASE-Grids). Data are stored in HDF-EOS format.

7. AMSR-E NSIDC 122205.ppt 7 AMSR-E Cryosphere Products Volume Placeholder for Archive Volume by Level column chart

8. AMSR-E NSIDC 122205.ppt 8 AMSR-E Cryosphere L2 Products ESDTNameDAACDate GA Total AV Total UU Total O Total GD Total DV Total AE_L2A AMSR-E/Aqua L2A Global Swath Spatially-Resampled Brightness Temperatures (Tb) NSIDC8/20/200235,3282,705.119810,227240,41218,411.8

9. AMSR-E NSIDC 122205.ppt 9 AMSR-E Cryosphere L3 Products ESDTNameDAACDate GA Total AV Total UU Total O Total GD Total DV Total AE_DYSNO AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids NSIDC5/27/20031,1712.3485618,63317.7 AE_SI12 AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 12.5 km Tb, Sea Ice Conc., and Snow Depth Polar Grids NSIDC5/12/20041,17265.7463009,353525.2 AE_SI25 AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 25 km Tb, Sea Ice Temperature, and Sea Ice Conc. Polar Grids NSIDC5/12/20041,17224.739566,221131.2 AE_SI6 AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 6.25 km 89 GHz Brightness Temperature (Tb) Polar Grids NSIDC5/12/20041,17250.724755,556240.5 AE_5DSNO AMSR-E/Aqua 5-Day L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids NSIDC5/12/20042280.518326941.4 AE_MOSNO AMSR-E/Aqua Monthly L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids NSIDC5/13/2004390.112182560.5

10. AMSR-E NSIDC 122205.ppt 10 Number of Distinct Users for AMSR-E Cryosphere L2,3 Products Low Archive High Utilization Low Archive Low Utilization High Archive High Utilization High Archive Low Utilization

11. AMSR-E NSIDC 122205.ppt 11 Comparison of Distributed vs. Archived Volume for AMSR-E Cryosphere Products Distributed < 100 % of archive total Distributed > 100% of archive total

12. AMSR-E NSIDC 122205.ppt 12 Number of Orders for AMSR-E Cryosphere Lx Products

13. AMSR-E NSIDC 122205.ppt 13 AMSR-E L3 Cryosphere Product Profiles by FY

14. AMSR-E NSIDC 122205.ppt 14 AMSR-E L3 Cryosphere Product Profiles by FY for Data Pool