JAXA AMSR Earth Observation Data
Direct download service for AMSR2 and AMSR-E research products from JAXA including soil moisture, precipitation, snow water equivalent, sea ice, and brightness temperature
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At a glance
- Region
- Global
- Coverage
- Global AMSR2 data, 2012-present
- Access
- Registration Required
- Category
- Space Agency
What's inside
- Soil Moisture
- Precipitation
- Snow Water Equivalent
- Sea Ice Concentration
- Brightness Temperature
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Melt runoff
Forecast snowmelt contributions to rivers.
Because it has: Snow Water Equivalent
- 02
Glacier change
Track glacier retreat over decades.
- 03
Design storms
Build rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves for drainage design.
Because it has: Precipitation
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Cloud-free snow maps
Fill snow cover hidden by cloud with ML.
- 02
Melt-season flows
Predict melt-season river flow from snow and weather.
- 03
Downscaling
Turn coarse rainfall grids into field or ward scale estimates.
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