1. Status of AMSR-E at NSIDC Amanda Leon NSIDC Product Team Lead, AMSR-E Polar DAAC User Working Group Boulder, CO 26-27 October 2006

2. PoDAG Amanda Leon, NSIDC DAAC26-27 October 2006 2 AMSR-E Highlights Data Products http://nsidc.org/data/amsre/order.html  L2A TBs deemed validated on 1 August 2006. Reprocessing http://nsidc.org/data/amsre/versions.html  L1A Version 2 completed in April 2006.  L2A Version 2 began 15 September 2006.  L2B & L3 products scheduled for this winter. Data Orders  Large increase of long time series data orders - mostly for L2A TBs.  Current system issues (1000 granules/order, media options)  Alternative order options: o Entire archive of popular products on Data Pool FTP. o Data delivery on USB disk drive.

3. PoDAG Amanda Leon, NSIDC DAAC26-27 October 2006 3 AMSR-E Highlights Bibliography http://nsidc.org/data/amsre/research.html  Extensive updates made to the AMSR-E research bibliography. Will be updating annually. Tools http://nsidc.org/data/amsre/tools.html  AMSR-E Swath To Grid Toolkit updated to work with subsetted L2A data. NSIDC AMSR-E Products  89 GHz Sea Ice Motions – Walt Meier  Gridded TBs (25 km EASE-Grid & 0.25-degree global grid) - Richard Armstrong, Mary Jo Brodzik, & Matt Savoie  MODIS+AMSR-E Blended Snow Product - Richard Armstrong, Mary Jo Brodzik, & Matt Savoie

4. PoDAG Amanda Leon, NSIDC DAAC26-27 October 2006 4 Distribution Statistics: Orders Data TypeOrders AE_5DSNO112 AE_DYOCN150 AE_DYSNO3578 AE_L2A60755 AE_LAND6479 AE_LAND310419 AE_MOOCN17 AE_MOSNO71 AE_OCEAN7547 AE_RAIN7645 AE_RNGD43 AE_SI123984 AE_SI252772 AE_SI6273 AE_WKOCN12 AMSREL1A90 Grand Total103947 Source: EDGRs Distribution to Users Report Distribution as of 11 October 2006 (not including Data Pool)

5. PoDAG Amanda Leon, NSIDC DAAC26-27 October 2006 5 Distribution Statistics: Granules Data TypeGranules AE_5DSNO2394 AE_DYOCN2654 AE_DYSNO19669 AE_L2A557843 AE_LAND119323 AE_LAND376839 AE_MOOCN277 AE_MOSNO973 AE_OCEAN43687 AE_RAIN249780 AE_RNGD730 AE_SI1235595 AE_SI2519700 AE_SI614367 AE_WKOCN527 AMSREL1A5374 Total1149732 Distribution as of 11 October 2006 (not including Data Pool) Source: EDGRs Distribution to Users Report

6. PoDAG Amanda Leon, NSIDC DAAC26-27 October 2006 6 Distribution Statistics: Volume Data TypeVolume (GB) AE_5DSNO4.938 AE_DYOCN31.778 AE_DYSNO40.754 AE_L2A43992.422 AE_LAND87.905 AE_LAND34758.801 AE_MOOCN3.319 AE_MOSNO2.006 AE_OCEAN433.843 AE_RAIN3016.23 AE_RNGD0.069 AE_SI122044.211 AE_SI25423.444 AE_SI6636.452 AE_WKOCN6.32 AMSREL1A202.303 Total55684.795 Distribution as of 11 October 2006 (not including Data Pool) Source: EDGRs Distribution to Users Report

7. PoDAG Amanda Leon, NSIDC DAAC26-27 October 2006 7 Distribution Statistics: Trends Orders as of 11 October 2006 (not including Data Pool)

8. PoDAG Amanda Leon, NSIDC DAAC26-27 October 2006 8 Distribution Statistics: Trends Volume as of 11 October 2006 (not including Data Pool)

9. PoDAG Amanda Leon, NSIDC DAAC26-27 October 2006 9 Distribution Statistics: Users Data Type Distinct Users AE_5DSNO42 AE_DYOCN34 AE_DYSNO75 AE_L2A314 AE_LAND98 AE_LAND3193 AE_MOOCN16 AE_MOSNO31 AE_OCEAN59 AE_RAIN98 AE_RNGD37 AE_SI1298 AE_SI2572 AE_SI650 AE_WKOCN7 AMSREL1A57 Total756 Source: NSIDC TRAK Database 56 % - Foreign Users 44 % - U.S. Users User Type Distinct Users FOREIGN COMMERCIAL15 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT56 FOREIGN OTHER213 FOREIGN UNIVERSITY138 NASA54 NOAA10 US COMMERCIAL19 US FEDERAL GOVERNMENT16 US GENERAL PUBLIC7 US GOVERNMENT2 US OTHER22 US STATE/LOCAL GOVERNMENT11 US UNIVERSITY190 Distinct users as of 24 October 2006

10. AMSR-E Validation Data Data Management Status Michelle Holm PoDAG XXV October 26-27th, 2006

11. AMSR Validation Data Sets Data Management Status at NSIDC Campaign/ Data Set Number of Data Sets Number Ingested Number Published Rainfall 999 Cryosphere Meltpond 2000111 AMSRIce031280 AMSRIce06TBD00 Antarctic IceTBD00 Soil Moisture SMEX0233 31 SMEX03764212 SMEX04-NAME47180 SMEX052810 Data publishing activities are complete Current focus of resources

12. http://nsidc.org/data/amsr_validation

13. Distribution Statistics Distribution via FTP Volume and number of files distributed Unique IP addresses All NSIDC addresses filtered out of reports Use caution when comparing between campaigns/disciplines: Varying number of data sets with varying data characteristics

14. 962 Unique IP Addresses Distribution through August 2006

16. Next Steps Mapserver functionality  Enhance access to data through visualization of ground, aircraft and satellite remote sensing data temporal and spatial coverage  Test case planned using SMEX02 data and starting with ground measurements, PSR aircraft, and AMSR-E satellite measurements Outreach  NSIDC Notes  Upcoming Fall AGU meeting  Bibliography matching AMSR-E approach  Other meetings, venues to suggest?