Archive & Distribution Status Amanda Leon, NSIDC AMSR-E Lead Joint AMSR-E Science Team Meeting Washington DC June 2009

Joint AMSR-E Science Team Meeting Amanda Leon - NSIDC DAAC25-26 June Outline AMSR-E Product Status Data Support Statistics Activities at NSIDC ADEOS-II/AMSR Status AMSR-E Validation Status Statistics Sea ice derived from the AMSR-E 89 GHz Tbs. Image courtesy of NASA/GSFC Visualization Studio

Joint AMSR-E Science Team Meeting Amanda Leon - NSIDC DAAC25-26 June Archive and Distribution Status All products are Version 2  Reprocessing completed late September 2008 Version 1 is no longer distributed Current Version 2 reprocessing will bring all products to validated algorithm versions  L2A: HDF compression, checksum, DirectTV RFI glint angles  L2B & L3 Land: validated version  L3 Snow: validated version  L3 Sea Ice: validated version, improved tie points AMSR-E Data Versions:

Joint AMSR-E Science Team Meeting Amanda Leon - NSIDC DAAC25-26 June Data Support: Ordering Data Warehouse Inventory Search Tool (WIST) Connects to ECHO metadata database Search/order entire archive Browse, spatial/parameter subsetting Data Pool On-line access via user GUI or FTP site Access to entire archive Browse, spatial/parameter subsetting, format/projection conversion AMSR-E Order Data Page:

Joint AMSR-E Science Team Meeting Amanda Leon - NSIDC DAAC25-26 June Data Support: Ordering Data Search 'N Order Interface (SNOWI) Search/order entire archive No subsetting Subscriptions Data are automatically provided to the user at the time they are ingested at NSIDC. Preliminary (NRT) Data Most recent eight days of L2 & L3 products Less than 24 hour latency

Joint AMSR-E Science Team Meeting Amanda Leon - NSIDC DAAC25-26 June Data Support AMSR-E Documentation: Documentation Comprehensive product documentation, recently updated Algorithm production code (aka DAPs) with release notes available to public Provide access to ATBDs AMSR-E Research: Published Research Citations updated annually  Please any additions or corrections to or

Joint AMSR-E Science Team Meeting Amanda Leon - NSIDC DAAC25-26 June Data Support AMSR-E Tools Page: Tools AMSR-E Swath-to-Grid Toolkit (AS2GT) HDF-EOS Web-based (HEW) Subsetter HDF-EOS to GeoTiff (HEG) Hierarchical Data Format - Earth Observing System (HDF-EOS) User Services Provide support of data products, in-house developed tools, and proprietary software Interact with users to determine and understand their AMSR-E data needs Coordinate product announcements, outreach materials, and NSIDC presence at meetings User Services –

Joint AMSR-E Science Team Meeting Amanda Leon - NSIDC DAAC25-26 June Archive Statistics Data TypeSize (GB) AE_5DSno1.20 AE_DyOcn30.29 AE_DySno6.09 AE_L2A AE_Land66.32 AE_Land AE_MoOcn1.01 AE_MoSno0.20 AE_Ocean AE_Rain AE_RnGd0.01 AE_SI AE_SI AE_SI AE_WkOcn4.39 AMSR-L1A AMSREL1A Total Version 2 Archive: 10.7 TBs Old average L2A size = 85 MB New, compressed L2A size = 51.5 MB Compression will reduce L2A archive by 40% (~2.3 TB) Stats from ECS AIM database Average ice sheet surface temperature over Greenland from August 5 through August 13, 2005 using AMSR-E 6.25 Tbs and 12.5 km sea ice products. Image courtesy of NASA/GSFC Visualization Studio.

Joint AMSR-E Science Team Meeting Amanda Leon - NSIDC DAAC25-26 June Distribution Statistics: Total Data TypeFilesVolume (GB) AE_5DSNO AE_DYOCN AE_DYSNO AE_L2A AE_LAND AE_LAND AE_MOOCN AE_MOSNO AE_OCEAN AE_RAIN AE_RNGD AE_SI AE_SI AE_SI AE_WKOCN AMSREL1A Total June 2002 – 1 June 2009 Stats from EMS Total Distribution: TBs 8 million files AMSR-E sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico on 29 May Image courtesy of NASA/GSFC Visualization Studio.

Joint AMSR-E Science Team Meeting Amanda Leon - NSIDC DAAC25-26 June Distribution Statistics: Trends Distribution Files 233,958 Stats from EMS 787, , ,977 1,676, , % % % % %

Joint AMSR-E Science Team Meeting Amanda Leon - NSIDC DAAC25-26 June Distribution Statistics: Trends Distribution Volume Stats from EMS 13,129 56,629 44,772 22,026 74,169 42, % % % % %

Joint AMSR-E Science Team Meeting Amanda Leon - NSIDC DAAC25-26 June Distribution Statistics: Users User TypeDistinct Users US University500 US State/Local Gvt12 US Other68 US K-123 US Government15 US Gen Pub9 US Fed Government50 US Commercial43 NOAA40 NASA138 Foreign University556 Foreign Other498 Foreign K-122 Foreign Gvrnmt161 Foreign Commercial40 ECS Other18 WDC2 Other1 Data TypeDistinct Users AE_5DSNO208 AE_DYOCN114 AE_DYSNO244 AE_L2A1151 AE_LAND315 AE_LAND3589 AE_MOOCN50 AE_MOSNO124 AE_OCEAN225 AE_RAIN217 AE_RNGD92 AE_SI12363 AE_SI25157 AE_SI6141 AE_WKOCN43 AMSREL1A June 2002 – 1 June % - U.S. Users 58.3% - Foreign Users Stats from EMS & USO TRAK Database ~2500 Distinct AMSR-E Users

Joint AMSR-E Science Team Meeting Amanda Leon - NSIDC DAAC25-26 June Distribution Statistics: Users CountryUsersVolume (MB) Argentina Australia Austria Belgium39068 Brazil Bulgaria10 Canada Chile China Colombia590 Czech Republic10 Denmark England31574 European Union63983 Finland France Germany Greece32127 Hong Kong CountryUsersVolume (MB) Hungary224 India Indonesia4624 Iran3622 Israel5314 Italy Japan Korea, Republic of Kyrgyzstan Kuwait210 Luxembourg Mongolia229 Morocco10 Netherlands New Zealand Norway Peru162 Poland2407 Portugal162 Stats from EMS CountryUsersVolume (MB) Puerto Rico283 Romania7190 Russian Federation Serbia263 Singapore211 South Africa Spain9706 Suriname10 Sweden95 Switzerland Taiwan Thailand1620 Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom United States2, Uzbekistan Unknown Users and Volume by Country

Joint AMSR-E Science Team Meeting Amanda Leon - NSIDC DAAC25-26 June Distribution Statistics: Users Stats from USO TRAK Database User community continues to grow Total Distinct Users per Year

Joint AMSR-E Science Team Meeting Amanda Leon - NSIDC DAAC25-26 June Distribution Statistics: NRT Data Preliminary (NRT) AMSR-E Data Distribution through 1 June % increase in users over past year Statistics from our University FTP logs NRT 12.5 km Sea Ice concentration data in Google Earth for 20 June Data Type Distinct UsersFiles Volume (MB) AE_DYOCN AE_DYSNO AE_L2A AE_LAND AE_LAND AE_OCEAN AE_RAIN AE_SI AE_SI AE_SI Total

Joint AMSR-E Science Team Meeting Amanda Leon - NSIDC DAAC25-26 June Activities at NSIDC NRT 12.5 km sea ice in Google Earth  30/60/90 day animations  Sea ice concentration and extent  NRT 12.5 km sea ice in Science on a Sphere  In 37 locations around the world  QA files will be available to users in January 2010

Joint AMSR-E Science Team Meeting Amanda Leon - NSIDC DAAC25-26 June ADEOS-II/AMSR L1A and L2A archived and available for distribution  28 January -24 October 2003 Must be a NASA approved user to order data Website and documentation at NSIDC Warehouse Inventory Search Tool (WIST)

Joint AMSR-E Science Team Meeting Amanda Leon - NSIDC DAAC25-26 June AMSR-E Validation Status & Stats Cryosphere  Alaska Sea Ice  AMSRIce03  AMSRIce06  East Antarctic Sea Ice  Meltpond 2000  Puenta Arenas  West Antarctic Sea Ice  Sea of Okhostk Rainfall  BALTEX  Eureka, CA  Iowa City, IA  Wakasa Bay Soil Moisture  SMEX02  SMEX03  SMEX04-NAME  SMEX05 Distinct Users Cryosphere: 110 (24% ) Rainfall: 292 (14% ) Soil Moisture: 1492 (27% ) Total: 1894 (29% )

Joint AMSR-E Science Team Meeting Amanda Leon - NSIDC DAAC25-26 June AMSR-E Validation Distribution Stats Files download from FTP site through 1 June 2009 compared to last year (1 July 2008) Statistics from our University FTP logs

Joint AMSR-E Science Team Meeting Amanda Leon - NSIDC DAAC25-26 June AMSR-E Validation Distribution Stats Volume downloaded from FTP site through 1 June 2008 compared to last year (1 July 2008) Statistics from our University FTP logs

Joint AMSR-E Science Team Meeting Amanda Leon - NSIDC DAAC25-26 June AMSR-E Validation Documentation Implemented a new documentation process  Greatly reduces the time and resources required to publish a data set

Joint AMSR-E Science Team Meeting Amanda Leon - NSIDC DAAC25-26 June AMSR-E Team at NSIDC Thanks to the AMSR-E Teams at NSIDC! AMSR-E Chris Bond – Operations Karla LeFevre – Technical Writer Lisa Booker – User Services Jeff Smith – Programmer Siri Jodha Khalsa – ECS Science Coordinator Walt Meier – Scientist Doug Fowler – Test Engineer Cathy Fowler – Database Administrator AMSR-E Validation Chris Bond – Operations Karla LaFevre – Technical Writer Dan Webster – Technical Writer Lisa Booker – User Services Jeff Smith – Programmer

Joint AMSR-E Science Team Meeting Amanda Leon - NSIDC DAAC25-26 June Backup Slides

Joint AMSR-E Science Team Meeting Amanda Leon - NSIDC DAAC25-26 June AMSR-E Activities at NSIDC Redesigned AMSR-E Web site  Google Earth 30/60/90 day NRT 12.5 km sea ice concentration and extent animations  NRT12.5 km sea ice images used by Science on a Sphere  QA files should be available to users in January 2010

Joint AMSR-E Science Team Meeting Amanda Leon - NSIDC DAAC25-26 June