Aquarius L3 Weekly Polar-Gridded Brightness Temperature and Sea Surface Salinity V005

The data set consists of weekly gridded Level-3 products of Aquarius L-band radiometer brightness temperature (TB) observations and Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) retrievals from the Aquarius/Satélite de Aplicaciones Científicas (SAC-D) mission, developed collaboratively between the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Argentina's space agency, Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE).

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Maintainer NSIDC Services
Last Updated July 17, 2025, 13:59 (UTC)
Created March 31, 2025, 12:43 (UTC)
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citation Aquarius L3 Weekly Polar-Gridded Brightness Temperature and Sea Surface Salinity V005. Version 5. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/Aquarius/AQ3_TB.005.
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