eng; usa UTF8 dataset DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Pathfinder Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures NSIDC User Services National Snow and Ice Data Center none 1 303 492-6199 x CIRES, 449 UCB Boulder CO 80309-0449 USA nsidc@nsidc.org http://nsidc.org pointOfContact 2013-05-24 ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata First Edition ISO 19115:2003 http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0032.html DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Pathfinder Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures 1998 publication 2 1998-01-01 NSIDC-0032 NSIDC DAAC User Services NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center none 1 303 492-6199 National Snow and Ice Data Center Boulder CO 80309-0449 USA nsidc@nsidc.org http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html custodian NSIDC User Services National Snow and Ice Data Center none 1 303 492-6199 National Snow and Ice Data Center Boulder CO 80309-0449 USA nsidc@nsidc.org http://nsidc.org custodian This Level-3 Equal-Area Scalable Earth-Grid (EASE-Grid) Brightness Temperature data set, collected since 09 July 1987, is a part of the NOAA/NASA Pathfinder Program. The data set consists of gridded data from the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) and the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) in three equal-area projections: Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, and full global. The data gridding technique maximizes the radiometric integrity of the original brightness temperature values, maintains high spatial and temporal precision, and involves no averaging of original swath data. Spatial coverage is global and a spatial resolution of 25 km is available for all channels. Channels at 85 and 91 GHz are also provided at 12.5 km. For a given projection, there are 18 brightness temperature files per day and two corresponding time files. Data are contained in flat binary files and are available via FTP as processing is completed. Scientific Research Armstrong, R. L., K. W. Knowles, M. J. Brodzik and M. A. Hardman. 1998, updated current year.. DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Pathfinder Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures. Version 2. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. underDevelopment NSIDC User Services National Snow and Ice Data Center none 1 303 492-6199 x CIRES, 449 UCB Boulder CO 80309-0449 USA nsidc@nsidc.org pointOfContact Richard Armstrong National Snow and Ice Data Center none 1 303 492-6199 National Snow and Ice Data Center Boulder Colorado 80309-0449 USA rlax@nsidc.org principalInvestigator Mary J. Brodzik National Snow and Ice Data Center none National Snow and Ice Data Center Boulder CO 80309-0449 USA brodzik@nsidc.org principalInvestigator asNeeded dataset series attribute NSIDC User Services National Snow and Ice Data Center none 1 303 492-6199 x CIRES, 449 UCB Boulder CO 80309-0449 USA nsidc@nsidc.org http://nsidc.org pointOfContact Continent > North America > Canada > Hudson Bay Geographic Region > Global Geographic Region > Polar Ocean > Arctic Ocean > Baffin Bay Ocean > Arctic Ocean > Beaufort Sea Ocean > Arctic Ocean > Chukchi Sea Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Greenland Sea Ocean > Pacific Ocean > North Pacific Ocean > Bering Sea Ocean > Southern Ocean > Amundsen Sea place NASA / GCMD Location Keywords 2008-02-05 revision EARTH SCIENCE > Spectral/Engineering > Microwave > Brightness Temperature discipline NASA / GCMD Science Keywords 2008-02-05 revision EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program NOAA/NASA PATHFINDER > NOAA/NASA Pathfinder Program theme NASA / GCMD Project Keywords 2008-01-24 revision Antarctic Arctic DMSP Ease EASE-Grid EOSDIS Global Gridded Data IDN_NODE GSFC/NSIDC NASA Pathfinder NOAA/NASA Pathfinder NOAA Pathfinder Passive Microwave Pathfinder Polar Remote Sensing SSM/I SSMIS theme otherRestrictions otherRestrictions Access Constraints : none Use Constraints : none eng; usa UTF8 climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere -180 180 -90 90 19870709 20130331 Binary FTP 1 - 4096 KB NSIDC DAAC User Services NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center 1 303 492-6199 National Snow and Ice Data Center Boulder CO 80309-0449 USA nsidc@nsidc.org http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html custodian NSIDC User Services National Snow and Ice Data Center 1 303 492-6199 National Snow and Ice Data Center Boulder CO 80309-0449 USA nsidc@nsidc.org http://nsidc.org custodian ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/DATASETS/nsidc0032_ease_grid_tbs/ Data Access URL download http://nsidc.org/data/docs/daac/nsidc0032_ssmi_ease_tbs.gd.html Documentation URL information onLine 1 KB FTP SSM/I > Special Sensor Microwave/Imager sensor SSMIS > Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder sensor DMSP > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellite N/A DMSP 5D-2/F11 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F11 satellite N/A DMSP 5D-2/F13 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F13 satellite N/A DMSP 5D-2/F8 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F8 satellite N/A DMSP 5D-3/F17 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F17 satellite N/A