Co-Registered AMSR-E, QuikSCAT, and WMO Data  View Catalog Page
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Co-Registered AMSR-E, QuikSCAT, and WMO Data
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Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
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Date Stamp:
2013-05-18
Metadata Standard Name:
ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata First Edition
Metadata Standard Version:
ISO 19115:2003
Dataset URI:
http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0450.html
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Data Identification Information:
Citation:
Citation Information:
Title: Co-Registered AMSR-E, QuikSCAT, and WMO Data
Date:
Date: 2010
Date Type:
Value: publication
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Edition Date: 2010-03-01
Identifier: NSIDC-0450
Cited Responsible Party: Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC DAAC User Services
Organization Name: NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
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Website: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
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Website: http://nsidc.org
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Abstract:
Notice to Data Users: The documentation for this data set was provided solely by the Principal Investigator(s) and was not further developed, thoroughly reviewed, or edited by NSIDC. Thus, support for this data set may be limited.
This data set contains the following spatially and temporally co-registered data: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) brightness temperatures for all channels; Quick Scatterometer (QuikSCAT) backscattering coefficients; and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ground observations acquired from more than two thousand stations. There is a large, increasing interest in the potential arising from the combination of active and passive microwave data for the extraction of geophysical parameters from spaceborne platforms. Often, one of the major obstacles is the generation of spatially and temporally co-registered data sets for testing hypotheses, validating models, and developing retrieval approaches. The temporal coverage of this data set spans from 01 January 2002 through 19 March 2009 with AMSR-E data included for the 19 June 2002 through 19 March 2009 time period. The volume of the data set is approximately two gigabytes. Data are provided in tab-delimited ASCII text files and are available via FTP.
Purpose:
Scientific Research
Credit:
The following example shows how to cite the use of this data set in a publication. For more information, see our Use and Copyright Web page.
Tedesco, Marco and Jeffrey Miller. 2010. Co-Registered AMSR-E, QuikSCAT, and WMO Data. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.
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Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
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Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: Marco Tedesco
Organization Name: City University of New York and NASA GSFC
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Contact Address:
City: New York
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Postal Code: 10031
Country: USA
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Value: principalInvestigator
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: Jeffrey Miller
Organization Name: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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Administrative Area: Maryland
Country: USA
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Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
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Descriptive Keywords:
Keywords
Keyword: Geographic Region > Northern Hemisphere
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Title: NASA / GCMD Location Keywords
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Date: 2008-02-05
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Keywords
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Air Quality > Visibility
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Phenomena > Fog
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Phenomena > Tornadoes
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure > Sea Level Pressure
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure > Surface Pressure
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Air Temperature
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Maximum/Minimum Temperature
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Dew Point Temperature
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Wind Profiles
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Hail
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Precipitation Amount
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Rain
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Snow
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Depth
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Spectral/Engineering > Infrared Wavelengths > Brightness Temperature
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Spectral/Engineering > Microwave > Brightness Temperature
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Spectral/Engineering > Radar > Radar Backscatter
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Depth
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Date:
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Keywords
Keyword: AMSR-E
Keyword: Automated Weather Station Data
Keyword: Brightness Temperature
Keyword: Ground Stations
Keyword: Meteorology
Keyword: Northern Hemisphere
Keyword: NSIDC DAAC
Keyword: NSIDC > National Snow and Ice Data Center
Keyword: QuikSCAT
Keyword: RADIOMETER
Keyword: Scatterometer
Keyword: Snow
Keyword: Snow Cover
Keyword: Surface Layer Backscatter
Keyword: Wind Speed
Keyword: WMO
Keyword: World Meteorological Organization
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Extent Information:
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Geographic Element:
Bounding Coordinates:
Westbound Longitude: -179.83301
Eastbound Longitude: 180
Southbound Latitude: 30.667
Northbound Latitude: 79.55
Temporal Element:
Time Period:
Begin Position: 20020101
End Position: 20091231
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Distribution Information:
Distributor Information:
Distributor Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC DAAC User Services
Organization Name: NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
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Value: custodian
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
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Distribution Format(s):
Data File Format:
Name: ASCII Text
Specification: FTP 2 GB
Digital Transfer Options:
Online Transfer Options:
Online Resources:
Linkage: ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/DATASETS/nsidc0450_AMSRE_QuikSCAT_WMO_v01/
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Linkage: http://nsidc.org/data/docs/daac/nsidc0450_amsre_quikscat_wmo/pdfs/nsidc0450_amsre_quikscat_wmo.pdf
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Density: 2
Density Units: B
Medium Name: FTP
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Data Acquisition Information:
Instrument Information:
Instrument:
Name: AMSR-E > Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
Type: sensor
Instrument:
Name: RADIOMETERS
Type: sensor
Instrument:
Name: SCATTEROMETERS
Type: sensor
Instrument:
Name: SEAWINDS > SeaWinds
Type: sensor
Platform Information:
Platform:
Name: AQUA > Earth Observing System, AQUA
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
Platform:
Name: GROUND STATIONS
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
Platform:
Name: METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
Platform:
Name: QUIKSCAT > Quick Recovery Scatterometer
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
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