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GOSAT-GW/AMSR3 L3 Cloud Liquid Water Content (EQR, 0.25 deg, 1-Month) dataset is obtained from the AMSR3 sensor onboard GOSAT-GW and produced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).GOSAT-GW was launched by the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 50 (H-IIA 50) at 01:33 a.m. on Jun 29th, 2025 (Japan Standard Time, JST). GOSAT-GW equipped with AMSR3 takes measurements at multiple microwave frequencies and multiple polarizations of weak electromagnetic waves in the microwave band radiated from the Earthâs surface and the atmosphere. AMSR3 has swath of 1535 km and 11 microwave bands. The observation data will enable the creation of long-term trustworthy data sets of global physical amount.Level 3 products are gridded data. They store the brightness tempreture or physical parameters data converted using grid processing and temporally statical processing.This product includes monthly mean Cloud Liquid Water Content (CLW). CLW product represents amount of vertically accumulated cloud droplet in the atmosphere, and defined as amount of water per unit area. Cloud liquid water is one of essential hydrological parameters describing state of the atmosphere along with precipitation and total precipitable water.The provided format is NetCDF4. The current version of the product is Version 01A. The physical quantity unit is [kg/m2]. The generation unit is global. The sampling resolution is 0.25 deg. The projection method is EQR.
JP/JAXA/SAOC
GOSAT-GW/AMSR3 L3 Cloud Liquid Water (1-Month,0.25deg,EQR)