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  <Entry_ID>NSIDC-0342</Entry_ID>
  <Entry_Title>Near-Real-Time DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Pathfinder Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures</Entry_Title>
  <Data_Set_Citation>
    <Dataset_Creator>Brodzik, M. J., and R. L. Armstrong</Dataset_Creator>
    <Dataset_Title>Near-Real-Time DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Pathfinder Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures</Dataset_Title>
    <Dataset_Release_Date>2008-09-19</Dataset_Release_Date>
    <Dataset_Release_Place>Boulder, Colorado USA</Dataset_Release_Place>
    <Dataset_Publisher>NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center</Dataset_Publisher>
    <Online_Resource>http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0342.html</Online_Resource>
  </Data_Set_Citation>
  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>Richard</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Armstrong</Last_Name>
    <Email>rlax@nsidc.org</Email>
    <Phone>1 303 492-6199 </Phone>
    <Fax>1 303  492-2468 </Fax>
    <Contact_Address>
      <Address>National Snow and Ice Data Center</Address>
      <Address>National Snow and Ice Data Center</Address>
      <Address>CIRES 449 UCB</Address>
      <Address>University of Colorado</Address>
      <City>Boulder</City>
      <Province_or_State>Colorado</Province_or_State>
      <Postal_Code>80309-0449</Postal_Code>
      <Country>USA</Country>
    </Contact_Address>
  </Personnel>
  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>Mary J.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Brodzik</Last_Name>
    <Email>brodzik@nsidc.org</Email>
    <Contact_Address>
      <Address>National Snow and Ice Data Center</Address>
      <Address>National Snow and Ice Data Center</Address>
      <Address>CIRES, 449 UCB</Address>
      <Address>University of Colorado</Address>
      <City>Boulder</City>
      <Province_or_State>CO</Province_or_State>
      <Postal_Code>80309-0449</Postal_Code>
    </Contact_Address>
  </Personnel>
  <Personnel>
    <Role>Technical Contact</Role>
    <First_Name>NSIDC</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>User Services</Last_Name>
    <Email>nsidc@nsidc.org</Email>
    <Phone>1 303 492-6199 x</Phone>
    <Fax>1 303  492-2468 x</Fax>
    <Contact_Address>
      <Address>National Snow and Ice Data Center</Address>
      <Address>CIRES, 449 UCB</Address>
      <Address>University of Colorado</Address>
      <City>Boulder</City>
      <Province_or_State>CO</Province_or_State>
      <Postal_Code>80309-0449</Postal_Code>
      <Country>USA</Country>
    </Contact_Address>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Spectral/Engineering</Topic>
    <Term>Microwave</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Brightness Temperature</Variable_Level_1>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Spectral/Engineering</Topic>
    <Term>Microwave</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Brightness Temperature</Variable_Level_1>
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  <ISO_Topic_Category>Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere</ISO_Topic_Category>
  <Keyword>Antarctic</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Arctic</Keyword>
  <Keyword>DMSP</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Ease</Keyword>
  <Keyword>EASE-Grid</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Gridded Data</Keyword>
  <Keyword>NASA Pathfinder</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Near-Real-Time</Keyword>
  <Keyword>NOAA/NASA Pathfinder</Keyword>
  <Keyword>NOAA Pathfinder</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Pathfinder</Keyword>
  <Keyword>SSM/I</Keyword>
  <Keyword>SSMIS</Keyword>
  <Sensor_Name>
    <Short_Name>SSM/I</Short_Name>
    <Long_Name>Special Sensor Microwave/Imager</Long_Name>
  </Sensor_Name>
  <Sensor_Name>
    <Short_Name>SSMIS</Short_Name>
    <Long_Name>Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder</Long_Name>
  </Sensor_Name>
  <Source_Name>
    <Short_Name>DMSP</Short_Name>
    <Long_Name>Defense Meteorological Satellite Program</Long_Name>
  </Source_Name>
  <Source_Name>
    <Short_Name>DMSP 5D-3/F17</Short_Name>
    <Long_Name>Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F17</Long_Name>
  </Source_Name>
  <Temporal_Coverage>
    <Start_Date>2012-05-21</Start_Date>
    <Stop_Date>2013-05-19</Stop_Date>
  </Temporal_Coverage>
  <Temporal_Coverage>
    <Start_Date>2012-05-21</Start_Date>
    <Stop_Date>2013-05-19</Stop_Date>
  </Temporal_Coverage>
  <Data_Set_Progress>in work</Data_Set_Progress>
  <Spatial_Coverage>
    <Southernmost_Latitude>-90</Southernmost_Latitude>
    <Northernmost_Latitude>90</Northernmost_Latitude>
    <Westernmost_Longitude>-180</Westernmost_Longitude>
    <Easternmost_Longitude>180</Easternmost_Longitude>
  </Spatial_Coverage>
  <Location>
    <Location_Category>GEOGRAPHIC REGION</Location_Category>
    <Location_Type>NORTHERN HEMISPHERE</Location_Type>
  </Location>
  <Location>
    <Location_Category>GEOGRAPHIC REGION</Location_Category>
    <Location_Type>SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE</Location_Type>
  </Location>
  <Data_Resolution>
    <Latitude_Resolution>25 km</Latitude_Resolution>
    <Longitude_Resolution>25 km</Longitude_Resolution>
  </Data_Resolution>
  <Data_Resolution>
    <Latitude_Resolution>25 km</Latitude_Resolution>
    <Longitude_Resolution>25 km</Longitude_Resolution>
    <Temporal_Resolution>1 day</Temporal_Resolution>
  </Data_Resolution>
  <Project>
    <Short_Name>EOSDIS</Short_Name>
    <Long_Name>Earth Observing System Data Information System</Long_Name>
  </Project>
  <Project>
    <Short_Name>NOAA/NASA PATHFINDER</Short_Name>
    <Long_Name>NOAA/NASA Pathfinder Program</Long_Name>
  </Project>
  <Data_Set_Language>English</Data_Set_Language>
  <Originating_Center>NSIDC_DAAC</Originating_Center>
  <Data_Center>
    <Data_Center_Name>
      <Short_Name>NSIDC_DAAC</Short_Name>
      <Long_Name>NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center</Long_Name>
    </Data_Center_Name>
    <Data_Center_URL>http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html</Data_Center_URL>
    <Personnel>
      <Role>Data Center Contact</Role>
      <First_Name>NSIDC</First_Name>
      <Last_Name>User Services</Last_Name>
      <Email>nsidc@nsidc.org</Email>
      <Phone>1 303 492-6199 </Phone>
      <Fax>1 303  492-2468 </Fax>
      <Contact_Address>
        <Address>National Snow and Ice Data Center</Address>
        <Address>CIRES, 449 UCB</Address>
        <Address>University of Colorado</Address>
        <City>Boulder</City>
        <Province_or_State>CO</Province_or_State>
        <Postal_Code>80309-0449</Postal_Code>
        <Country>USA</Country>
      </Contact_Address>
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  <Data_Center>
    <Data_Center_Name>
      <Short_Name>NSIDC</Short_Name>
      <Long_Name>National Snow and Ice Data Center</Long_Name>
    </Data_Center_Name>
    <Data_Center_URL>http://nsidc.org</Data_Center_URL>
    <Personnel>
      <Role>Data Center Contact</Role>
      <First_Name>NSIDC</First_Name>
      <Last_Name>User Services</Last_Name>
      <Email>nsidc@nsidc.org</Email>
      <Phone>1 303 492-6199 </Phone>
      <Fax>1 303  492-2468 </Fax>
      <Contact_Address>
        <Address>National Snow and Ice Data Center</Address>
        <Address>CIRES, 449 UCB</Address>
        <Address>University of Colorado</Address>
        <City>Boulder</City>
        <Province_or_State>CO</Province_or_State>
        <Postal_Code>80309-0449</Postal_Code>
        <Country>USA</Country>
      </Contact_Address>
    </Personnel>
  </Data_Center>
  <Distribution>
    <Distribution_Media>FTP</Distribution_Media>
    <Distribution_Size>9.7 - 417 KB</Distribution_Size>
    <Distribution_Format>Binary</Distribution_Format>
  </Distribution>
  <Reference>Brodzik, M. J. and K. W. Knowles. 2002. 'EASE-Grid: A Versatile Set of Equal-Area Projections and Grids' in M. Goodchild (Ed.) Discrete Global Grids. Santa Barbara, California USA: National Center for Geographic Information &amp; Analysis.</Reference>
  <Summary>This data set provides daily, near-real-time Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) and Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) brightness temperatures in the Equal-Area Scalable Earth-Grid (EASE-Grid). The data set consists of gridded data in two projections: Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere. The data lag by one day and provide 270 days of near-real-time data. The spatial resolution is 25 km for all channels. Data are contained in flat binary files and are available via FTP.</Summary>
  <Related_URL>
    <URL_Content_Type>
      <Type>VIEW RELATED INFORMATION</Type>
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    <URL>http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0032.html</URL>
    <Description>DMSP SSM/I Pathfinder Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures</Description>
  </Related_URL>
  <Related_URL>
    <URL_Content_Type>
      <Type>VIEW RELATED INFORMATION</Type>
    </URL_Content_Type>
    <URL>http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0032.html</URL>
    <Description>DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Pathfinder Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures</Description>
  </Related_URL>
  <Metadata_Name>CEOS IDN DIF</Metadata_Name>
  <Metadata_Version>9.7</Metadata_Version>
  <DIF_Creation_Date>2008-09-19</DIF_Creation_Date>
  <Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2012-07-16</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
  <DIF_Revision_History>corrected dist. size</DIF_Revision_History>
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