DMSP-F8 SSM/I Pathfinder Land Surface Products  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0042
Summary
The Pathfinder Program, sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is tasked to produce long-term data sets for global change research. The Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) Pathfinder Level 2 Land Products data set has been generated using the land classification algorithms developed by Neale, and the land surface temperature algorithms developed by McFarland. This data set includes both the land classification and land surface temperature products. The Pathfinder Level 2 Land Products data set is in swath format. Coverage is global land surface, and covers 1 August 1987 through 31 March 1988. Data are available on 8 mm tape or ftp on request.
The SSM/I Pathfinder Level 3 Land Products data set has been generated using the Level 2 data described above. The Level 2 data were interpolated to a longitude-latitude grid with a resolution of one degree. For the Benchmark Period, the data were averaged over periods of five days (a pentad) or one month, although, for the land classification product, the most commonly occurring land class (the mode of the distribution within each bin) was chosen as the class for that bin and for the period. The data set, including both pentad and monthly grids, covers 1 August 1987 through 31 December 1988.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: 88°
S: -88°
E: 180°
W: -180°
Min Altitude: 833 kilometers
Max Altitude: 833 kilometers
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Neale, C.M.U. and M.J. McFarland
Dataset Title: DMSP-F8 SSM/I Pathfinder Land Surface Products
Dataset Release Date: 2003-05-16
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0042.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1987-08-01
Stop Date: 1988-12-31
Data Resolution
Temporal Resolution: 1 day
Science Keywords
- Biosphere Vegetation Vegetation Cover
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice Snow Cover
- Human Dimensions Land Use/Land Cover Land Use Classes
- Land Surface Land Temperature Land Surface Temperature
- Land Surface Land Use/Land Cover Land Cover
- Land Surface Land Use/Land Cover Land Use Classes
- Land Surface Soils
Ancillary Keywords
- Antenna Temperature
- Brightness Temperature
- FNMOC
- Land Surface
- TA
- Tb
Platform
- DMSP 5D-2/F8 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F8
Instrument
- SSM/I Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
Project
- EOSDIS Earth Observing System Data Information System
- ESIP Earth Science Information Partners Program
- NOAA/NASA PATHFINDER NOAA/NASA Pathfinder Program
Data Set Progress
complete
Data Center
NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: 8-mm Tape
Distribution Size: 16 MB
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 16 MB
Personnel
C. M.U. Neale
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
M. J. McFarland
Role: INVESTIGATOR
NSIDC User Services
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Fax: 1 303 492-2468 x
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Reference
Satellite/Instrument/Data Processing Documentation
Hollinger, J. P., R. Lo, G. Poe, R. Savage, and J. Peirce. 1987. Special Sensor Microwave/Imager User's Guide.
Hollinger, J. P., ed. 1989.DMSP Special Sensor Microwave/Imager Calibration/Validation - Final Report - Volume I, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC.
Hollinger, J. P. 1991. DMSP Special Sensor Microwave/Imager Calibration/Validation Final Report - Volume II, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC. Wentz, F.J. 1991. Revision-1 User's Manual SSM/I Antenna Temperature Tapes, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA, 70 pp.
Journal Articles and Study Reports
McFarland, M. J., and C. Neale. 1991. Land Parameter Algorithm Validation and Calibration. DMSP Special Sensor Microwave/Imager Calibration/Validation - Final Report, Volume II, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, chap 9, pp 1-64.
McFarland, M.J., R. L. Miller, and C. M. U. Neale. 1990.Land Surface Temperature Derived From the SSM/I Passive Microwave Brightness Temperatures. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 28(5):839-845. Neale, C.M.U., M.J. McFarland, and K. Chang. 1990.Land Surface-Type Classification Using Microwave Brightness Temperatures From The Special Sensor Microwave/Imager. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 28(5):829-838. Hollinger, J. P., J. L. Peirce, and G. A. Poe. 1990. SSM/I Instrument Evaluation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 28(5):781-790.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2003-05-16
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-09-18
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