Introduction
The AMSR-E validation effort addresses data quality through
comprehensive calibration and validation programs. These programs
characterize and document the accuracy and precision of AMSR-E
observations and their derived products.
The pre-launch activities demonstrated the
stability of the software and began to demonstrate the validity
of the retrieved products with ground truth data. Post-launch
efforts concentrate on validating the retrieved products with
ground truth data.
The validation effort includes three types of products: cryospheric
data (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, 1.22 MB).
Campaign Schedule
Cryospheric Data
- Meltpond2000, 25 June - 6 July 2000
- Cold Land Processes Experiment
- CLP IOP 1: 19 - 24 February 2002
- CLP IOP 2: 25 - 30 March 2002
- CLP IOP 3: 19 - 27 February 2003
- CLP IOP 4: 25 March - 2 April 2003
- Alaska Sea Ice
- Beaufort Sea, Apr/May 2002
- Sea of Okhotsk, Japan, 4 and 11 February 2003
- Beaufort/Northern Bering Seas, 6 - 23 March 2003
- Bering and Chukchi Seas, February/March 2005
- East Antarctic Sea Ice September - October 2003
- West Antarctic (from Punta Arenas) Sea Ice, August 2003 and October 2004
Rainfall Data
- Eureka, CA, October 2002 through September 2004
- Iowa City, IA, October 2002 through September 2004
- BALTEX, October 1999 - February 2002
- Wakasa Bay, January- February 2001, 3 January - 14 February
2003
Soil Moisture Data
- SMEX02: Iowa (US), 24 June - 15 July 2002
- SMEX03: Oklahoma, Georgia, Alabama (US), 23 June - 18 July
2003
- SMEX03: Brazil, 1 - 10 September 2003
- NAME-SMEX04: North American Monsoon Experiment, Mexico and Arizona, 15 July - 15 August 2004
- SMEX05: Iowa (US), 13 June - 4 July 2005
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