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This document describes how to geolocate North, South, and Global EASE-Grid data products using ENVI software.

This document describes how to import Passive Microwave EASE-Grid data into ArcGIS.

The tables on this page provide links to geolocation tools for geolocating EASE-Grid data sets available at NSIDC. These tools include map projection parameters(.mpp files), grid parameter definitions(.gpd files), latitude/longitude binary files, and conversion software such as C, FORTRAN, and IDL (Interactive Data Language). However, some of the tar files listed in these tables only contain look-up files and .gpd and .mpp descriptions for the respective grid. There is no special latitude/longitude to column/row conversion software for these data sets. The look-up files contain arrays with the latitude and longitude at the center of each grid cell. Users who want software to perform the conversion for any location, not just the center of each cell, should obtain the Map Transformations Library (Mapx) software.

The tools are grouped into the following data product categories:


Brightness Temperatures [top]
 

Data Set Grid Name Coverage Resolution Geolocation Utilities
AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 Surface Soil Moisture, Interpretive Parms, & QC EASE-Grids
(Documentation)
ML Global 25 km ML Geolocation Tar file
(IDL, C, FORTRAN)
AMSR-E/Aqua Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures
(Documentation)
NL Northern 25 km NL Geolocation Tar file
(IDL, C, FORTRAN)
SL Southern Hemisphere 25 km SL Geolocation Tar file
(IDL, C, FORTRAN)
ML Global 25 km ML Geolocation Tar file
(IDL, C, FORTRAN)
DMSP SSM/I Pathfinder Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures
(Documentation)
NL Northern Hemisphere 25 km NL Geolocation Tar file
(IDL, C, FORTRAN)
NH Northern Hemisphere 12.5 km NH Geolocation Tar file
(IDL, C, FORTRAN)
SL Southern Hemisphere 25 km SL Geolocation Tar file
(IDL, C, FORTRAN)
SH Southern Hemisphere 12.5 km SH Geolocation Tar file
(IDL, C, FORTRAN)
ML Global 25 km ML Geolocation Tar file
(IDL, C, FORTRAN)
MH Global 12.5 km MH Geolocation Tar file
(IDL, C, FORTRAN)
Nimbus-7 SMMR Pathfinder Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures
(Documentation)
NL Northern Hemisphere 25 km NL Geolocation Tar file
(IDL, C, FORTRAN)
SL Southern Hemisphere 25 km SL Geolocation Tar file
(IDL, C, FORTRAN)
ML Global 25 km ML Geolocation Tar file
(IDL, C, FORTRAN)


Snow Water Equivalent [top]
 

Data Set Grid Name Coverage Resolution Geolocation Utilities
AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids
(Documentation)
NL Northern Hemisphere 25 km NL Geolocation Tar file
(IDL, C, FORTRAN)
SL Southern Hemisphere 25 km SL Geolocation Tar file
(IDL, C, FORTRAN)
AMSR-E/Aqua 5-Day L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids
(Documentation)
NL Northern Hemisphere 25 km NL Geolocation Tar file
(IDL, C, FORTRAN)
SL Southern Hemisphere 25 km SL Geolocation Tar file
(IDL, C, FORTRAN)
AMSR-E/Aqua Monthly L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids
(Documentation)
NL Northern Hemisphere 25 km NL Geolocation Tar file
(IDL, C, FORTRAN)
SL Southern Hemisphere 25 km SL Geolocation Tar file
(IDL, C, FORTRAN)
Global Monthly EASE-Grid Snow Water Equivalent Climatology
(Documentation)
NL Northern Hemisphere 25 km NL Geolocation Tar file
(IDL, C, FORTRAN)
SL Southern Hemisphere 25 km SL Geolocation Tar file
(IDL, C, FORTRAN)


Ice [top]
 

Data Set Grid Name Coverage Resolution Geolocation Utilities
AARI 10-Day Arctic Ocean EASE-Grid Sea Ice Observations
(Documentation)
Naari Subset of the Northern Hemisphere 12.5 km Naari Geolocation Tar file
(IDL)
Polar Pathfinder Daily 25 km EASE-Grid Sea Ice Motion Vectors
(Documentation)
Na251 Subset of the Northern Hemisphere 25 km Na2 Geolocation Tar file
(look-up files only, no software)
Sa251 Subset of the Southern Hemisphere 25 km Sa2 Geolocation Tar file
(look-up files only, no software)
National Ice Center Arctic Sea Ice Charts and Climatologies in Gridded Format
(Documentation)
Na251 Subset of the Northern Hemisphere 25 km Na2 Geolocation Tar file
(look-up files only, no software)
Sa251 Subset of the Southern Hemisphere 25 km Sa2 Geolocation Tar file
(look-up files only, no software)


Snow [top]
 

Data Set Grid Name Coverage Resolution Geolocation Utilities
AVHRR Polar Pathfinder Twice-Daily 25 km EASE-Grid Composites
(Documentation)
Na251 Subset of the Northern Hemisphere 25 km Na2 Geolocation Tar file
(look-up files only, no software)
Sa251 Subset of the Southern Hemisphere 25 km Sa2 Geolocation Tar file
(look-up files only, no software)


Snow and Ice [top]
 

Data Set Grid Name Coverage Resolution Geolocation Utilities
Near Real-Time SSM/I EASE-Grid Daily Global Ice Concentration and Snow Extent
(Documentation)
NL Northern Hemisphere 25 km NL Geolocation Tar file
(IDL, C, FORTRAN)
SL Southern Hemisphere 25 km SL Geolocation Tar file
(IDL, C, FORTRAN)
Northern Hemisphere EASE-Grid Weekly Snow Cover and Sea Ice Extent Version 3
(Documentation)
NL Northern Hemisphere 25 km NL Geolocation Tar file
(IDL, C, FORTRAN)
TOVS Pathfinder Path-P Daily Arctic Gridded Atmospheric Parameters
(Documentation)
NpathP1 Subset of the Northern Hemisphere 100 km TOVS Geolocation Tar file
(IDL)


1For information on how the Polar Pathfinder grids are related to one another, see the NOAA/NASA Polar Pathfinder Data Web page.

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