CLPX-Airborne: Multiband Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer (PSR) Imagery  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0155
Summary
This data set provides multiband polarimetric brightness temperature images over three 25 x 25 km Meso-cell Study Areas (MSAs) in Northern Colorado. The purpose of collecting these data within the overall aims of the NASA Cold Land Processes Field Experiment (CLPX) is to 1) provide multiband polarimetric dry snow microwave images using AMSR-E bands at a spatial resolution representative of the topography and vegetation cover, and 2) provide a simulated AMSR-E microwave data set coincident with the CLPX AIRSAR imagery for joint snow algorithm retrieval studies. Data were collected using the NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory (ETL) Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer (PSR), an airborne multiband, conical-scanning, imaging radiometer system. PSR/A data were collected from a series of flight lines flown over the MSAs in February and March 2002 and 2003. PSR/A data are available via FTP as binary files (*.bin) and MATLAB files (*.mat).
NASA CLPX is a multi-sensor, multi-scale experiment that focuses on extending a local-scale understanding of water fluxes, storage, and transformations to regional and global scales. Within a framework of nested study areas in the central Rocky Mountains of the western United States, ranging from 1-ha to 160,000 km2, intensive ground, airborne, and spaceborne observations were collected. Data collection focused on two seasons: mid-winter, when conditions are generally frozen and dry, and early spring, a transitional period when both frozen and thawed, dry and wet conditions are widespread.
Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: B. Stankov and A. Gasiewski
Dataset Title: CLPX-Airborne: Multiband Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer (PSR) Imagery
Dataset Release Date: 2004-08-20
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0155.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2002-02-19
Stop Date: 2002-02-21
Start Date: 2003-02-22
Stop Date: 2003-02-25
Start Date: 2003-03-25
Stop Date: 2003-03-31
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA
- CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA COLORADO
Science Keywords
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice Snow Cover
- Spectral/Engineering Microwave
- Spectral/Engineering Microwave Brightness Temperature
- Spectral/Engineering Microwave Microwave Imagery
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Snow Cover
Ancillary Keywords
- Brightness Temperature
- Passive Microwave Brightness Temperatures
- PSR
- Seasonal Snow Cover
- Snow Cover
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
Instrument
- PSR Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer
Project
- CLPX Cold Land Processes Field Experiment
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: FTP
Distribution Size: 1.9 - 8.8 MB
Distribution Format: ASCII Text
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 1.9 - 8.8 MB
Distribution Format: MATLAB
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 1.9 - 8.8 MB
Distribution Format: Binary
Personnel
Boba Stankov
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- NOAA/Environmental Technology Laboratory
- Microwave Systems Development Division
- 325 Broadway
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80305
Country: USA
Albin J. Gasiewski
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- NOAA
- Environmental Technology Laboratory
- NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory
- 325 Broadway R/ETL
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80305
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
Related URL
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
CLPX Site
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
Register as a CLPX user
Reference
Stankov, B. Boba, Albin J. Gasiewski, Marian Klein, Vladimir Leuski, Bob L. Weber, Vladimir Irisov, Don Cline, and A. Yevgrafov. 2003. Airborne Measurement of Snow Cover Properties using the Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer during the Cold Land Processes Experiments (CLPX02-03. IGARSS2003, July 21-25, Toulouse, France.
Yueh, Simon H., William J. Wilson, and Steve Dinard . 2002. Polarimetric Radar Remote Sensing of Ocean Surface Wind. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., Vol. 40, N . 4, pp. 793-800.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2004-08-20
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-07-12
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