Nimbus-5 ESMR Polar Gridded Brightness Temperatures  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0077
Summary
The Nimbus-5 Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer (ESMR) data set consists of gridded brightness temperature arrays for the Arctic and Antarctic, spanning 11 December 1972 through 16 May 1977. The data were gridded to a polar stereographic projection at 25 km resolution and adjusted to partially remove instrument drift and sensitivity shifts. The ESMR instrument senses horizontally polarized radiation at a frequency of 19 GHz. Daily data that could not be adjusted are missing from this updated data set. Data are in 2-byte integer flat-binary format, and are available via FTP.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: -50°
S: -90°
E: 180°
W: -180°
N: 90°
S: 50°
E: 180°
W: -180°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: C. Parkinson, J. Comiso, and H. J. Zwally
Dataset Title: Nimbus-5 ESMR Polar Gridded Brightness Temperatures
Dataset Release Date: 1999-01-01
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Version: 2
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0077.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1972-12-11
Stop Date: 1977-05-16
Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 25 km
Longitude Resolution: 25 km
Temporal Resolution: 1 day
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT ANTARCTICA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION ARCTIC
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION POLAR
Science Keywords
- Spectral/Engineering Microwave Brightness Temperature
Ancillary Keywords
- Antarctic
- Arctic
- Brightness Temperature
- DAAC
- EOSDIS
- ESMR
- NASA
- NSIDC > National Snow and Ice Data Center
- Passive Microwave Brightness Temperatures
- Remote Sensing
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
Instrument
- ESMR Electronic Scanning Microwave Radiometer
- RADIOMETERS
Project
- EOSDIS Earth Observing System Data Information System
- ESIP Earth Science Information Partners Program
Data Set Progress
complete
Originating Center
NSIDC
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: FTP
Distribution Size: 209 - 272 KB
Distribution Format: Binary
Personnel
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
Claire L. Parkinson
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 301 614-5715
Fax: 1 301 614-5644
Email: clairep@neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov
Contact Address:
- Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
- Code 971
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Josephino 'Joey' C. Comiso
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 301 614-5708
Email: josefino.c.comiso@nasa.gov
Contact Address:
- Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes
- Cryospheric Sciences Branch
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
- Code 614
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
H. Jay Zwally
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 301 614-5643
Fax: 1 301 614-5644
Email: Jay.Zwally@nasa.gov
Contact Address:
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
- Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes
- Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
- Code 971
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
Reference
Comiso, J. C., and H. J. Zwally. 1980. Corrections for Anomalous Time Dependent Shifts in Brightness Temperature from Nimbus-5 ESMR. NASA TM-82055. Greenbelt, MD.
Parkinson, C., J. Comiso, H. J. Zwally, D. Cavalieri, P. Gloersen, and W. Campbell. 1987. Arctic Sea Ice, 1973-1976: Satellite Passive-Microwave Observations. NASA SP-489.
Parkinson, C., J. Comiso, and H. J. Zwally. 1987. Satellite-Derived Ice Data Sets No. 2: Arctic Monthly Average Microwave Brightness Temperatures and Sea Ice Concentrations, 1973-1976. NASA Technical Memorandum 87825.
Pearson, F. 1990. Map Projections: Theory and Applications. CRC Press. Boca Raton, Florida. 372 pages.
Snyder, J. P. 1987. Map Projections - A Working Manual. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1395. U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington, D.C. 383 pages.
Snyder, J. P. 1982. Map Projections Used by the U.S. Geological Survey. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1532.
Wilheit, T. 1972. The Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer (ESMR) Experiment. Nimbus-5 User's Guide. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. p. 59-105. Zwally, H. J., J. Comiso, C. Parkinson, W. Campbell, F. Carsey, and P. Gloersen. 1983. Antarctic Sea Ice, 1973-1976: Satellite Passive-Microwave Observations. NASA SP-459.
Zwally, H. J., J. Comiso, and C. Parkinson. 1981. Satellite-Derived Ice Data Sets No. 1: Antarctic Monthly Average Microwave Brightness Temperatures and Sea Ice Concentrations 1973-1976. NASA Technical Memorandum 83812.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 1999-01-01
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-07-10
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