NSIDC-0032
Armstrong, R. L., K. W. Knowles, M. J. Brodzik and M. A. Hardman
19980101
DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Pathfinder Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures
2
Boulder, Colorado USA
NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0032.html
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
19980101
DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Pathfinder Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures
Boulder, Colorado USA
NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
http://nsidc.org/data/docs/daac/nsidc0032_ssmi_ease_tbs.gd.html
19870709
20130331
publication date
Unknown
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180
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-90
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Spectral/Engineering > Microwave > Brightness Temperature
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords
EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System
ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program
NOAA/NASA PATHFINDER > NOAA/NASA Pathfinder Program
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
SSM/I > Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
SSMIS > Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
DMSP 5D-2/F11 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F11
DMSP 5D-2/F13 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F13
DMSP 5D-2/F8 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F8
DMSP 5D-3/F17 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F17
DMSP > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
None
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
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
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
1
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Spectral/Engineering > Microwave > Brightness Temperature
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NSIDC-0032
NSIDC cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NSIDC makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
Binary
ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/DATASETS/nsidc0032_ease_grid_tbs/
None
20130115
20130115
NSIDC User Services
National Snow and Ice Data Center
mailing
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
1 303 492-6199
1 303 492-2468
nsidc@nsidc.org
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata
FGDC-STD-012-2002