Advanced Scatterometer-derived Arctic and Antarctic backscatter anisotropy parameter maps

Using the EUMETSAT Advanced Scatterometer, a C-band scatterometer in polar orbit currently onboard three platforms, we parameterise anisotropy from the normalised backscattering cross-section of both polar regions. This dataset uses a complex parameterisation of backscatter measurements from one to...

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Other Authors: FRASER, ALEXANDER D. (hasPrincipalInvestigator), FRASER, ALEXANDER D. (processor), CARTWRIGHT, JESSICA (hasPrincipalInvestigator), CARTWRIGHT, JESSICA (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Subjects:
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
ICE ROUGHNESS
EARTH SCIENCE
CRYOSPHERE
SEA ICE
FIRN
TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE
GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS
ASCAT &gt
Advanced Scatterometer
METOP-A &gt
Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
METOP-B &gt
Meteorological Operational Satellite - B
METOP-C
GEOGRAPHIC REGION &gt
POLAR
CONTINENT &gt
ANTARCTICA
OCEAN &gt
SOUTHERN OCEAN
ARCTIC
ARCTIC OCEAN
Arctic
Antarctic
Southern Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Antarc*
Antarctica
Sea ice
Online Access:https://researchdata.edu.au/advanced-scatterometer-derived-parameter-maps/1440001
https://doi.org/10.26179/5dd60df7469e2
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4301_ASCAT_backscatter_parameters
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536
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Summary:Using the EUMETSAT Advanced Scatterometer, a C-band scatterometer in polar orbit currently onboard three platforms, we parameterise anisotropy from the normalised backscattering cross-section of both polar regions. This dataset uses a complex parameterisation of backscatter measurements from one to several days, to parameterise the backscatter into several parameters. These parameters have proven polar parameter retrieval application. For more details on the backscatter parameterisation, see Fraser et al., 2014 (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6527913). This dataset consists of 5-daily, 2-daily and daily (depending on satellite platform availability) maps of all backscatter parameters spanning the time period from March 2007 to December 2020, with updates planned. Maps are presented as NetCDF files, and are provided in the NSIDC polar stereographic projection (12.5 km resolution, both hemispheres - see https://nsidc.org/data/polar-stereo/ps_grids.html).

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