Polar Pathfinder Sampler: AVHRR, SMMR-SSM/I, and TOVS Samples and Combined Time Series  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0069
Summary
Notice to Users: Distribution of this data set will be discontinued by 31 December 2009, or earlier, should user requests for the Polar Pathfinder Sampler CD-ROM exceed our supply before that date.
The AVHRR, SMMR-SSM/I and TOVS Polar Pathfinder research teams collaborated to make it as easy as possible to use Polar Pathfinder data sets together by employing a common projection, namely the NSIDC Equal-Area Scalable Earth-Grid (EASE-Grid), and validation methods to develop consistently processed data sets that are easy to combine, compare and contrast. This CD-ROM includes sample data, time-series visualizations, and browse products, for temporal and spatial subsets of the AVHRR, SMMR-SSM/I and TOVS data sets, to illustrate the types of products available for the various data sets.
AVHRR products for both hemispheres, at 1.25 and 5 km resolutions, include calibrated channel data, surface broadband albedo, surface temperature, and ancillary data so that users can apply algorithms of their choice to calculate albedo and surface temperature. To conserve space, the CD-ROM includes 1.25 km AVHRR time-series visualizations, rather than raw data; and 5 km AVHRR sample data (for 8 September 1997), movies and browse images. SMMR-SSM/I parameters, that can be derived from global brightness temperatures, include snow water equivalent, snow extent, seasonal sea ice concentrations, location of multiyear ice, ocean wind speed, cloud liquid water over oceans and water vapor over oceans. The CD-ROM contains a sample data set comprising selected SSM/I brightness temperature data and time files for 8 September 1997 (the same day as in the 5 km AVHRR data, to facilitate comparisons) in each of three projections: Northern and Southern Hemispheres and a global projection. TOVS parameters derived from arctic radiances include atmospheric temperature profiles, water vapor, surface temperature, total effective cloud fraction, cloud top pressure and temperature, turning angle between geostrophic wind and surface stress over ice, emissivity, boundary layer stratification and geostrophic drag coefficient. The CD-ROM includes sample TOVS products for four selected dates in 1988.
The P-Cube is a multidimensional structure combining arctic SSM/I, AVHRR and TOVS data, all mapped to a 100 km resolution EASE-Grid, thereby facilitating study of polar processes and interactions among them using data from multiple sensors. The current prototype version of the P-Cube includes the most important parameters from the three Polar Pathfinders noted above. The Polar Pathfinder Sampler CD-ROM is currently the only source of the P-Cube data; temporal coverage extends from 1 January 1988 to 31 December 1989.
All data at the original resolution are now available. See NOAA/NASA Polar Pathfinder Data or contact User Services for more information.
Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: NSIDC
Dataset Title: Polar Pathfinder Sampler: AVHRR, SMMR-SSM/I, & TOVS Samples and Combined Time Series
Dataset Release Date: 1999-01-01
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0069.html
Dataset Creator: A. Schweiger, C. Fowler, J. Key, J. Maslanik, J. Francis, R. Armstrong, M.J. Brodzik
Dataset Title: P-Cube: A Multisensor Data Set for Polar Climate Research.
Dataset Series Name: Proceedings of the Fifth Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography
Dataset Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Location Keywords
- Geographic Region Arctic
- Geographic Region Polar
Science Keywords
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Radiation Emissivity
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Temperature Air Temperature
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Temperature Skin Temperature
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Water Vapor Precipitable Water
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Winds Wind Stress GEOSTROPHIC DRAG COEFFICIENT
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Winds Wind Stress TURNING ANGLE
- Atmosphere Clouds Cloud Amount/Frequency EFFECTIVE CLOUD FRACTION
- Atmosphere Clouds Cloud Top Pressure
- Atmosphere Clouds Cloud Top Temperature
- Cryosphere Sea Ice Sea Ice Concentration
- Cryosphere Sea Ice Sea Ice Motion
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice Albedo
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice Snow/Ice Temperature
- Oceans Sea Ice Sea Ice Concentration
- Oceans Sea Ice Sea Ice Motion
- Spectral/Engineering Infrared Wavelengths Infrared Imagery
- Spectral/Engineering Infrared Wavelengths Thermal Infrared
- Spectral/Engineering Microwave Brightness Temperature
- Spectral/Engineering Visible Wavelengths Visible Imagery
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Albedo
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Snow/Ice Temperature
Ancillary Keywords
- Ancillary Data
- Arctic Radiances
- Atmospheric Temperature Profiles
- Boundary Layer Stratification
- Calibrated Channel Data
- Geostrophic Drag Coefficient
- Pathfinder
- Surface Broadband Albedo
- Surface Temperature
- Total Effective Cloud Fraction
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
- Oceans
Platform
- DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
- NIMBUS-7
- NOAA POES NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites
Instrument
- AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
- SMMR Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
- SSM/I Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
- TOVS TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
Project
- EOSDIS Earth Observing System Data Information System
- ESIP Earth Science Information Partners Program
- NOAA/NASA PATHFINDER NOAA/NASA Pathfinder Program
Quality
Data quality and quality control varies among the various products on this CD-ROM. Please see the documentation on the CD-ROM for details of data quality and quality control.
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Set ID: NSIDC-0069
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
NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Data Set ID: NSIDC-0069
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC DAAC 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
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Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
NSIDC National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/noaa/
Data Set ID: NSIDC-0069
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC NOAA User Services
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Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
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University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: CD-ROM
Distribution Format: HDF, binary, HTML
Personnel
Richard Armstrong
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: +1 (303)-492-6199
Fax: +1 (303)-492-2468
Email: rlax@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES 449 UCB
University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: Colorado
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
William Emery
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0431
Chuck Fowler
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0431
JENNIFER A. FRANCIS
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 206-543-1254
Fax: 206-543-3521
Email: francis@apl.washington.edu
Contact Address:
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey
USA
Terry Haran
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Jeffrey Key
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
Space Science and Engineering Center
University of Wisconsin at Madison
1225 W. Dayton St.
City: Madison
Province or State: WI
Postal Code: 53706
SIRI JODHA SINGH KHALSA
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 303-492-1445
Fax: 303-492-2468
Email: nsidc@kryos.colorado.edu
Contact Address:
National Snow and Ice Data Center
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University of Colorado
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Postal Code: 80309-0449
JIM MASLANIK
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: (303) 492-6199
Fax: (303) 492-2468
Email: nsidc@kryos.colorado.edu
Contact Address:
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309
Ted Scambos
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: scambos@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
National Snow and Ice Data Center
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City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
AXEL J. SCHWEIGER
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 206-543-1312
Fax: 206-543-3521
Email: axel@apl.washington.edu
Contact Address:
Applied Physics Laboratory
University of Washington
1013 NE 40th Street
City: Seattle
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Postal Code: 98105-6698
Country: USA
NSIDC USER SERVICES
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
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Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
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University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
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Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
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DIF Creation Date: 1999-01-01
Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-02-19
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