Decadal-Length Composite West Antarctic Air Temperature Records, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0097
DOI: 10.7265/N55D8PS0

Overview

This data set includes daily, monthly, and yearly mean surface air temperatures for four interior West Antarctic sites between 1978 and 1997. Data include air surface temperatures measured at the Byrd, Lettau, Lynn, and Siple Station automatic weather stations. In addition, because weather stations in Antarctica are difficult to maintain, and resulting multi-decade records are often incomplete, the investigators also calculated surface temperatures from satellite passive microwave brightness temperatures. Calibration of 37-GHz vertically polarized brightness temperature data during periods of known air temperature, using emissivity modeling, allowed the investigators to replace data gaps with calibrated brightness temperatures. MS Excel data files and GIF images derived from the data are available via ftp from the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
Parameter(s):
AIR TEMPERATURESURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE
Platform(s):
DMSP, Nimbus-7
Sensor(s):
SMMR, SSM/I
Data Format(s):
Not Specified
Temporal Coverage:
25 October 1978 to 31 December 1997
Temporal Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Resolution:
  • Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
N:
-80.01
S:
-80.01
E:
-119.4
W:
-119.4
N:
-75.9
S:
-75.9
E:
-84
W:
-84
N:
-74.21
S:
-74.21
E:
160.41
W:
160.41
N:
-82.52
S:
-82.52
E:
-174.45
W:
-174.45
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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