BYU Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) Data Sets  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0261
Summary
Brigham Young University (BYU) Center for Remote Sensing holds various data from the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) program. The SCP is a NASA-sponsored project to develop scatterometer-based data time series to support climate studies of the Earth's cryosphere and biosphere. Originally developed to measure winds over the ocean from space, scatterometer data includes polar ice and tropical vegetation. Because the scatterometer radar signal can penetrate the surface, a scatterometer can observe subsurface/subcanopy climate-related features.
These data sets consist of an Antarctic iceberg database, current Antarctic iceberg locations, sea ice extent products, QuickSCAT sea ice motion, and QuickSCAT global sigma-0 browse images.
Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: David Long
Dataset Title: BYU Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) Data Sets
Dataset Release Date: 2004-12-30
Dataset Release Place: Provo, Utah USA
Dataset Publisher: CERS: Brigham Young University Center for Remote Sensing
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0261.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1978-07-01
Location Keywords
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION GLOBAL
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION POLAR
Science Keywords
- Cryosphere Sea Ice
- Cryosphere Sea Ice Icebergs
- Cryosphere Sea Ice Ice Extent
- Cryosphere Sea Ice Sea Ice Elevation
- Cryosphere Sea Ice Sea Ice Motion
- Oceans Sea Ice
- Oceans Sea Ice Icebergs
- Oceans Sea Ice Ice Extent
- Oceans Sea Ice Sea Ice Elevation
- Oceans Sea Ice Sea Ice Motion
- Spectral/Engineering Radar Radar Backscatter
- Spectral/Engineering Radar Sigma Naught
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
- QUIKSCAT Quick Recovery Scatterometer
- SATELLITES
Instrument
- SCATTEROMETERS
- SEAWINDS SeaWinds
Project
- SCP NASA Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder
Data Center
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
Personnel
David G. Long
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- Brigham Young University
- Microwave Earth Remote Sensing (MERS) Laboratory
- 459 Clyde Building
City: Provo
Province or State: UT
Postal Code: 84602
Country: USA
Related URL
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
Data set description
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2004-12-30
Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-12-16
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