GLI Final Products - Cryosphere -

§ Northern Polar Region Cryosphere Data (NPRCD)

§     Projection Grid: EASE-Grid (Equal-Area Scalable Earth Grid)

§     Region: Northern Polar Region

§     Spatial Resolution: 5km

§     Data Period: April 7 – October 15, 2003

§     Temporal Resolution: 16-day

§     Parameters (16-day average and/or standard deviation):

§         GLI TOA reflectances and brightness temperature (unit: %, selected 9 bands: 5, 8, 13, 19, 24, 26, 27, 28, 35)

§         GLI snow / sea-ice cover extent (8-bit flag)

§         GLI snow surface temperature (unit: Kelvin)

§         GLI mass fraction of snow impurity (unit: ppmw)

§         GLI snow grain size in the shallow layer (unit: micrometer)

§         GLI snow grain size in the top surface layer (unit: micrometer)

§         AMSR sea-ice concentration (unit: %)

§         AMSR snow water equivalence (unit: mm)

§         Elevation (meter)

§     Data Format: HDF

§     ReadMe for this data

§ Data Download

§ References

§     Stamnes K., W. Li, H. Eide, Te. Aoki, M. Hori, and R. Storvolde, 2007: ADEOS-II/GLI Snow/Ice Products – Part I: Scientific Basis, Remote Sensing of Environment, 111, 258-273.

§     Aoki, Te., M. Hori, H. Motoyohi, T. Tanikawa, A. Hachikubo, K. Sugiura, T. J. Yasunari, R. Storvold, H. A. Eide, K. Stamnes, W. Li, J. Nieke, Y. Nakajima, and F. Takahashi, 2007: ADEOS-II/GLI snow/ice products - Part II: Validation results, Remote Sensing of Environment, , 111, 274-290.

§    Hori, M., Te. Aoki, K. Stamnes, W. Li, 2007: ADEOS-II/GLI snow/ice products - Part III: Retrieved results, Remote Sensing of Environment, 111, 291-336.