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when accompanied by the appropriate instrument- or product-specific statements, found here:</p> <ul><li><a href="#SSMI">SSM/I</a></li> <li><a href="#TMI">TMI</a></li> <li><a href="#GMI">GMI</a></li> <li><a href="#AMSR-E">AMSR-E</a></li> <li><a href="#AMSR2">AMSR2</a></li> <li><a href="#WindSat">WindSat</a></li> <li><a href="#SMAP">SMAP</a></li> <li><a href="#ASCAT">ASCAT</a></li> <li><a href="#QSCAT">QuikScat</a></li> <li><a href="#SeaWinds">SeaWinds</a></li> <li><a href="#NSCAT">NSCAT</a></li> <li><a href="#MSU">MSU</a></li> <li><a href="#CCMP">CCMP</a></li> <li><a href="#MW OI SST">MW OI SST</a></li> <li><a href="#MW+IR SST">MW+IR SST</a></li> <li><a href="#Vapor">Monthly TPW (Water Vapor)</a></li> <li><a href="#Wind Speed">Monthly Ocean Wind</a></li> </ul><p> Remote Sensing Systems would also like to receive notice when these data or images are used in publications. Please email a note to <a href="mailto:support@remss.com"><em>RSS User Support</em></a>, informing us of the journal and expected publication date. It would be greatly appreciated if you could send a preprint to:</p> <p>Remote Sensing Systems聽<br /> 444 Tenth Street, Suite 200聽<br /> Santa Rosa, CA 95401, USA</p> <h4><a id="SSMI" name="SSMI">SSM/I</a> Statement:</h4> <blockquote><p>SSM/I data are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com</p> </blockquote> <h4><a name="TMI" id="TMI">TMI</a> Statement:</h4> <blockquote><p>TMI data are聽produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com</p> </blockquote> <h4><a name="GMI" id="GMI">GMI</a> Statement:</h4> <blockquote><p>GMI data are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com</p> </blockquote> <h4><a id="AMSR-E" name="AMSR-E">AMSR-E</a> Statement:</h4> <blockquote><p>AMSR-E data are聽produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com</p> </blockquote> <h4><a id="AMSR2" name="AMSR2">AMSR2</a> Statement:</h4> <blockquote><p>AMSR2 data are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com</p> </blockquote> <h4><a id="WindSat" name="WindSat">WindSat</a> Statement:</h4> <blockquote><p>WindSat data are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com</p> </blockquote> <h4><a id="ASCAT" name="ASCAT">ASCAT</a>聽Statement:</h4> <blockquote><p>ASCAT data are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com</p> </blockquote> <h4><a id="QSCAT" name="QSCAT">QuikScat</a>聽Statement:</h4> <blockquote><p>QuikScat data are聽produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com</p> </blockquote> <h4><a id="SeaWinds" name="SeaWinds">SeaWinds</a> Statement:</h4> <blockquote><p>SeaWinds data are聽produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com</p> </blockquote> <h4><a id="SMAP" name="SMAP">SMAP</a>聽Statement - Salinity:</h4> <blockquote><p>SMAP salinity are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com</p> </blockquote> <h4><a id="SMAP" name="SMAP">SMAP</a>聽Statement - Winds:</h4> <blockquote><p>SMAP ocean winds are produced by聽Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com</p> </blockquote> <h4><a id="NSCAT" name="NSCAT">NSCAT</a> Statement:</h4> <blockquote><p>NSCAT vector winds are聽produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com</p> </blockquote> <h4><a id="MSU" name="MSU">MSU</a> Statement:</h4> <blockquote><p>MSU/AMSU data are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com</p> </blockquote> <h4><a id="CCMP" name="CCMP">CCMP Vector Wind Analysis</a> Statement</h4> <blockquote><p>CCMP vector winds are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA.聽Data are available at聽www.remss.com</p> </blockquote> <h4><a id="MW OI SST" name="MW OI SST">MW OI SST</a> Statement:</h4> <blockquote><p>MW OI SST are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com</p> </blockquote> <h4><a id="MW IR SST" name="MW+IR SST">MW+IR SST</a> Statement:</h4> <blockquote><p>MW+IR SST are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by NASA. Data are available at www.remss.com</p> </blockquote> <h4><a id="Vapor" name="Vapor">1-deg, Monthly Total Precipitable Water (TPW)</a> Statement:</h4> <blockquote><p>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.</p> <p>Please acknowledge use of this data set when used in your work.</p> <p>For example, include this citation:</p> <p>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 <a href="http://www.remss.com/">www.remss.com</a></p> </blockquote> <h4><a id="Wind Speed" name="Wind Speed">1-deg, Monthly Ocean Wind Speed</a> Statement:</h4> <blockquote><p>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.</p> <p>Please acknowledge use of this data set when used in your work.</p> <p>For example, include this citation:</p> <p>Remote Sensing Systems, 2016, updated MMMYYYY [this should be the date of the file]. 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