Terms of Use

Have You Used Remote Sensing Systems Data?

Continued funding for production and dissemination of these data sets is dependant upon you to let us know how you have used these data and to share with us their value to your work.

This applies to data accessed via our FTP server (ftp.remss.com), as well as images located on our web site.

Permission is granted to use these data and images in research and publications when accompanied by the appropriate instrument- or product-specific statements, found here:

Remote Sensing Systems would also like to receive notice when these data or images are used in publications. Please email a note to RSS User Support, informing us of the journal and expected publication date. It would be greatly appreciated if you could send a preprint to:

Remote Sensing Systems 
444 Tenth Street, Suite 200 
Santa Rosa, CA 95401, USA

SSM/I Statement:

SSM/I data are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com

TMI Statement:

TMI data are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com

GMI Statement:

GMI data are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com

AMSR-E Statement:

AMSR-E data are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com

AMSR2 Statement:

AMSR2 data are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com

WindSat Statement:

WindSat data are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com

ASCAT Statement:

ASCAT data are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com

QuikScat Statement:

QuikScat data are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com

SeaWinds Statement:

SeaWinds data are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com

SMAP Statement - Salinity:

SMAP salinity are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com

SMAP Statement - Winds:

SMAP ocean winds are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com

NSCAT Statement:

NSCAT vector winds are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com

MSU Statement:

MSU/AMSU data are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com

CCMP Vector Wind Analysis Statement

CCMP vector winds are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com

MW OI SST Statement:

MW OI SST are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com

MW+IR SST Statement:

MW+IR SST are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com

1-deg, Monthly Total Precipitable Water (TPW) Statement:

This research was supported by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Making Earth System data records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) Grant #NNX09AC19A. Microwave radiometer data are processed by Remote Sensing Systems with funding from the NASA Earth Science MEaSUREs Program and the NASA Earth Science Physical Oceanography Program.

Please acknowledge use of this data set when used in your work.

For example, include this citation:

Remote Sensing Systems, 2016, updated MMMYYYY [this should be the date of the file]. Monthly Mean Total Precipitable Water Data Set on a 1 degree grid made from Remote Sensing Systems Version-7 Microwave Radiometer Data, V07r01, [accessed on DATE ACCESSED]. Santa Rosa, CA, USA. Available at www.remss.com

1-deg, Monthly Ocean Wind Speed Statement:

This research was supported by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Making Earth System data records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) Grant #NNX09AC19A. Microwave radiometer data are processed by Remote Sensing Systems with funding from the NASA Earth Science MEaSUREs Program and the NASA Earth Science Physical Oceanography Program.

Please acknowledge use of this data set when used in your work.

For example, include this citation:

Remote Sensing Systems, 2016, updated MMMYYYY [this should be the date of the file]. Monthly Mean Wind Speed Data Set on a 1 degree grid made from Remote Sensing Systems Version-7 Microwave Radiometer Data, V0701, [accessed on DATE ACCESSED]. Santa Rosa, CA, USA. Available at www.remss.com