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CLPX-Airborne: Polarimetric Ku-Band Scatterometer (POLSCAT) Data

Entry ID

NSIDC-0159

Summary

This data set contains Ku-band polarimetric scatterometer (POLSCAT) data collected as part of the Cold Land Processes Field Experiment (CLPX) to enable the development of a retrieval algorithm for snow water equivalent (SWE). POLSCAT is a Ku-band polarimetric scatterometer operating at 13.95 GHz. Flights were flown on 19, 21, and 23 February 2002 (during IOP1), 25 March 2002 (IOP2), and 25, 28 and 30 March 2003 (IOP 4). 205 flight lines of data were collected over Fraser, North Park and Rabbit Ears MSAs.

The 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 are collected. Data collection focuses 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.

Geographic Coverage

Spatial Coordinates:
N: 40.56667°     S: 40.34167°     E: -106.54167°     W: -106.81694°     Min Altitude: 620.268 meters     Max Altitude: 999.744 meters
N: 40.78361°     S: 40.575°     E: -106.14167°     W: -106.41694°     Min Altitude: 735.782 meters     Max Altitude: 830.884 meters
N: 40.00833°     S: 39.76694°     E: -105.71694°     W: -106.025°     Min Altitude: 775.411 meters     Max Altitude: 1207.617 meters

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: Simon Yueh
Dataset Title: CLPX-Airborne: Polarimetric Ku-Band Scatterometer (POLSCAT) Data
Dataset Release Date: 2003-10-20
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0159.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2002-02-21
Stop Date: 2002-02-21

Start Date: 2002-02-23
Stop Date: 2002-02-23

Start Date: 2002-03-25
Stop Date: 2002-03-25

Start Date: 2003-03-25
Stop Date: 2003-03-25

Start Date: 2003-03-28
Stop Date: 2003-03-28

Start Date: 2003-03-30
Stop Date: 2003-03-30

Location Keywords

CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA
CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA COLORADO
GEOGRAPHIC REGION NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

Science Keywords

Spectral/Engineering Radar Radar Backscatter

Ancillary Keywords

Ku- band radar
POLSCAT
Scatterometer

Platform

AIRCRAFT

Instrument

RADAR Radio Detection and Ranging

Project

CLPX Cold Land Processes Field Experiment

Access Constraints

2003 data available only to CLPX approved investigators until October 2004.

Data Set Progress

in work

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: 10.34 MB
Distribution Format: ASCII Text

Personnel

Simon H Yueh
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
M/S 300-233
JPL

City: Pasadena
Province or State: CA
Postal Code: 91109
Country: USA

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

Simon H. Yueh, William J. Wilson, and Steve Dinardo, Polarimetric Radar Remote Sensing of Ocean Surface Wind, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 793-800, April 2002.

Metadata Name and Version

Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2003-10-20
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-07-12

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