Nimbus-7 SMMR Pathfinder Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures  View Catalog Page
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Nimbus-7 SMMR Pathfinder Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures
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Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
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Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
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Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
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Date Stamp:
2013-05-20
Metadata Standard Name:
ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata First Edition
Metadata Standard Version:
ISO 19115:2003
Dataset URI:
http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0071.html
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Data Identification Information:
Citation:
Citation Information:
Title: Nimbus-7 SMMR Pathfinder Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures
Date:
Date: 2000
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Value: publication
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Edition Date: 2000-01-01
Identifier: NSIDC-0071
Cited Responsible Party: Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC DAAC User Services
Organization Name: NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
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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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Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
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City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
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Country: USA
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Abstract:
This data set consists of brightness temperatures acquired from the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) on board the Nimbus-7 Pathfinder satellite. The brightness temperatures have been gridded onto the Equal-Area Scalable Earth Grid (EASE-Grid) and are presented in three different projections: Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, and global. The SMMR EASE-Grid data were derived from SMMR brightness temperatures in swath format (level 1b data). Coverage is global, and data are available from 25 October 1978 through 20 August 1987. The spatial resolution is 25 km for all channels (6.6, 10.7, 18, 21, and 37 GHz for both vertical and horizontal polarizations). Both brightness temperatures and time files are provided for a given projection in flat binary format for each day. The brightness temperatures are provided in tenths of kelvins and the time files are in minutes since 0:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of the date of the enclosing file. Data are available via FTP. Users may also order data on CD-ROM while supplies last.
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.
K. W. Knowles, Eni Njoku, R. L. Armstrong, and M. J. Brodzik. 2000. Nimbus-7 SMMR Pathfinder Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. CD-ROM.
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Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: Kenneth Knowles
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: Mary J. Brodzik
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: Richard Armstrong
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
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Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
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Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: Colorado
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Email: rlax@nsidc.org
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: Eni G. Njoku
Organization Name: California Institute of Technology
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Contact Voice Telephone: 1 818 354-3693
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Delivery Point: M/S 300-233
City: Pasadena
Administrative Area: CA
Postal Code: 91109-8099
Country: USA
Email: njoku@lor.jpl.nasa.gov
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Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
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Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
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Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Spectral/Engineering > Microwave > Brightness Temperature
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Keyword: EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System
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Keyword: Antarctic
Keyword: Arctic
Keyword: BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES
Keyword: Ease
Keyword: EASE-Grid
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Keyword: Global
Keyword: Gridded Data
Keyword: NIMBUS-7
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Keyword: Passive Microwave
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Spatial Temporal Extent:
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Bounding Coordinates:
Westbound Longitude: -180
Eastbound Longitude: 180
Southbound Latitude: -90
Northbound Latitude: 90
Temporal Element:
Time Period:
Begin Position: 19781025
End Position: 19870820
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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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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
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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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Distribution Format(s):
Data File Format:
Name: Binary
Specification: CD-ROM 83 MB
Data File Format:
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Specification: FTP 83 MB
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Online Resources:
Linkage: ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/DATASETS/nsidc0071_smmr_ease_grid_tbs/
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Density: 83
Density Units: B
Medium Name: CD-ROM
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Data Acquisition Information:
Instrument Information:
Instrument:
Name: SMMR > Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
Type: sensor
Platform Information:
Platform:
Name: NIMBUS-7
Description: satellite
Instrument: SMMR > Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
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