The AMSR-E validation effort addresses data quality through several comprehensive calibration and validation programs. These programs characterize and document the accuracy and precision of AMSR-E observations and their derived products.
Pre-launch activities demonstrated the stability of the instrument software and began to demonstrate the validity of the retrieved products with in situ ground truth data. Post-launch efforts concentrate on validating the retrieved products using in situ data.
The validation effort includes three types of products: cryospheric data, including snow, ice, and sea ice; rainfall data; and soil moisture data. For complete information about the program, please see the AMSR-E Validation Plan (PDF file, 24.7 MB).
The AMSR-E Validation campaign schedule shown here demonstrates the broad range of these calibration studies in terms of both temporal and geographic coverage. As shown in Figure 1, an interactive map depicts the locations of the AMSR-E Validation campaigns; mouse over the map for area detail and to link to the associated campaign pages.
Figure 1. Global map depicting the locations of the 2002-4 AMSR-E validation campaigns, including area detail for regional study areas in North America; mouse over the map for area detail. |
See Also
Includes AMSR-E data, tools, FAQs, news, published research, and more
Technical information about the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E)
Related Resources
Includes information regarding the AMSR-E instrument, project objectives, validation efforts, data products, publications, and additional resources.
AMSR/AMSR-E Calibration & Validation
Calibration and validation work at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)