A global satellite environmental data record derived from AMSR-E and AMSR2 microwave Earth observations

Du, Jinyang; Kimball, John S.; Jones, Lucas A.; Kim, Youngwook; Glassy, Joseph; Watts, Jennifer D.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-791-2017

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-791-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-791-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

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01 Nov 2017

Review article |

| 01 Nov 2017

A global satellite environmental data record derived from AMSR-E and AMSR2 microwave Earth observations

Jinyang Du, John S. Kimball, Lucas A. Jones, Youngwook Kim, Joseph Glassy, and Jennifer D. Watts

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EC1: 'Editor call for discussion on the article', Michael E. Contadakis, 21 Apr 2017
- AC1: 'Thank you for your comments', Jinyang Du, 11 Sep 2017
RC1: 'an important contribution to the study of land surface dynamics', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 May 2017
- AC2: 'Reply to RC1', Jinyang Du, 11 Sep 2017
RC2: 'comments to "A global satellite environmental data record derived from AMSR-E and AMSR2 microwave earth observations"', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Aug 2017
- AC3: 'Reply to RC2', Jinyang Du, 11 Sep 2017

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We developed a global land parameter data record (LPDR; 2002–2015) using satellite microwave observations. The LPDR algorithms exploit multifrequency microwave observations to derive a set of environmental variables, including surface fractional water, atmosphere precipitable water vapor, daily surface air temperatures, vegetation optical depth, and volumetric soil moisture. The resulting LPDR shows favorable accuracy and provides for the consistent monitoring of global environmental changes.