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NSIDC-0027.001TOVS Pathfinder Path-P Daily and Monthly Polar Gridded Atmospheric ParametersFrancis, J. A. and A. J. Schweiger.TOVS Pathfinder Path-P Daily and Monthly Polar Gridded Atmospheric Parameters1999-09-01Boulder, Colorado USANASA NSIDC DAAC: NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center1false10.5067/7L44Z9QVXUNLhttps://doi.org/10.5067/7L44Z9QVXUNLNSIDC-0027InvestigatorJenniferA.Francisfrancis@apl.washington.edu1-206-543-12541-206-543-3521Institute of Marine and Coastal SciencesRutgers UniversityNew Brunswick, New JerseyUSAInvestigatorAxelJ.Schweigeraxel@apl.washington.edu1-206-543-13121-206-543-3521Applied Physics LaboratoryUniversity of Washington1013 NE 40th StreetSeattleWA98105-6698USATechnical ContactNSIDCUser Servicesnsidc@nsidc.org1-303-492-61991-303-492-2468CIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of ColoradoBoulderCO80309-0449USAEARTH SCIENCEATMOSPHEREATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURESURFACE TEMPERATUREAIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCEATMOSPHERECLOUDSCLOUD PROPERTIESCLOUD FRACTION EARTH SCIENCEATMOSPHERECLOUDSCLOUD MICROPHYSICSCLOUD PRECIPITABLE WATER EARTH SCIENCEATMOSPHERECLOUDSCLOUD PROPERTIESCLOUD TOP PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCEATMOSPHERECLOUDSCLOUD PROPERTIESCLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCEATMOSPHEREATMOSPHERIC RADIATIONEMISSIVITY EARTH SCIENCEATMOSPHEREATMOSPHERIC WINDSWIND DYNAMICSWIND STRESS Climatology/Meteorology/AtmosphereAtmospheric StratificationBoundary LayerBoundary Layer StratificationCloud FractionCloud PropertiesCloud Top PressureCloud TopsCloud Top TemperatureDAACEASE-Grid Other-projectEASE-Grid-projectEOSDISGeostrophic Drag CoefficientGeostrophic WindHumidity ProfilesIceICE SURFACE SKIN TEMPERATUREINITIALIZATION INVERSION ALGTHMNOAA/NASA PathfinderNorth Polar BasinNSIDC DAACOcean Surface Skin TemperaturePath PPolar Exchange At Sea SurfacePolesSNOW ICETemperature ProfilesTOVSTOVS-projectTurning AngleMSUMicrowave Sounding UnitTOVSTIROS Operational Vertical SounderNOAA-10National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-10NOAA-11National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11NOAA-12National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-12NOAA-14National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14NOAA-6National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-6NOAA-7National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7NOAA-8National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-8NOAA-9National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-91979-07-122001-12-311979-01-012005-12-31in work-90-60-1801806090-180180GEOGRAPHIC REGIONNORTHERN HEMISPHEREGEOGRAPHIC REGIONSOUTHERN HEMISPHERE100 km100 km1 month100 km100 km1 dayCEAREXCoordinated Eastern Arctic ExperimentEOSDISEarth Observing System Data Information SystemESIPEarth Science Information Partners ProgramNOAA/NASA PATHFINDERNOAA/NASA Pathfinder ProgramThe algorithm used to generate these grids has been validated directly through comparisons with surface observations from the CEAREX experiment and with radiosonde data from Soviet ice stations. Comparisons with other TOVS retrieval algorithms provided further validation. Additionally, Schweiger et al. (1999) found a strong correlation between the TOVS Path-P data and surface cloud observations obtained from the North Polar drifting meteorological stations, which indicates that the TOVS data effectively represent annual cloud cover.These data are freely, openly, and fully accessible, provided that you are logged into your NASA Earthdata profile (https://urs.earthdata.nasa.gov/).These data are freely, openly, and fully available to use without restrictions, provided that you cite the data according to the recommended citation at https://nsidc.org/about/use_copyright.html. For more information on the NASA EOSDIS Data Use Policy, see https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/data-use-policy.EnglishNASA NSIDC DAACNASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Centerhttps://nsidc.org/daacData Center ContactNSIDCUser Servicesnsidc@nsidc.org1-303-492-6199National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of ColoradoBoulderCO80309-0449USAFTP494.5 - 760.6 MBHDFArmstrong, R. L. and M. J. Brodzik. 1995. An Earth-gridded SSM/I Data Set for Cryospheric Studies and Global Change Monitoring. Advances in Space Research 16:155-63.
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Key, J., D. Slayback, C. Xu, and A. Schweiger. 1998. New Climatologies of Polar Clouds and Radiation Based on the ISCCP 'D' Products. American Meteorological Society 5th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceans. pp. 227-32.
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Schweiger, A. J., R. W. Lindsay, J. R. Key, and J. A. Francis. 1999. Arctic Clouds in Multiyear Satellite Data Sets. Geophysical Research Letters 26(13):1,845-48. Document is also available online at http://www.agu.org/GRL/articles/1999GL900479/GL841W01.pdf .
Schweiger A., C. Fowler, J. Key, J. Maslanik, J. Francis, R. Armstrong, M. J. Brodzik, T. Scambos, T. Haran, M. Ortmeyer, S. Khalsa, D. Rothrock, R. Weaver. 1998. P-Cube: A Multi-sensor Data Set for Polar Climate Research. American Meteorological Society 5th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceans. pp. 136-141.
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Schweiger, A. J., R. W. Lindsay, J. A. Francis, J. R. Key, J. Intrieri, M. Shupe. Validation of TOVS Path-P Data During SHEBA. Submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research, May 2000. (http://psc.apl.washington.edu/pathp/html/publications/papers_list.html#S2000)
Stubenrauch, C. J, W. B. Rossow, F. Cheruy, A. Chedin and N. A. Scott. 1999. Clouds as Seen by Satellite Sounders (3) and Imagers (ISCCP), Part I. Evaluation of Cloud Parameters. Journal of Climate 12 (8) (August): 2189-2213.The TIROS-N Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) Polar Pathfinder (Path-P) data set consists of gridded daily and monthly Arctic and Antarctic atmospheric data derived from various NOAA satellites. TOVS Path-P daily files are available for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres from 60 degrees poleward at 100 km gridded spatial resolution in an Equal-Area Scalable Earth Grid (EASE-Grid). TOVS Path-P monthly files are available for the Northern Hemisphere only from 60 degrees poleward at 100 km gridded spatial resolution in EASE-Grid. Daily and monthly Northern Hemisphere data are available from January 1979 through current processing, and daily Southern Hemisphere data are available from July 1979 through current processing. Data were created from a modified version of the Improved Initialization Inversion Algorithm (3I) (Chedin et al. 1985), a physical-statistical retrieval method improved for use in identifying geophysical variables in snow- and ice-covered areas (Francis 1994).VIEW RELATED INFORMATIONhttps://doi.org/10.5067/7L44Z9QVXUNLDocumentationGET DATAhttps://daacdata.apps.nsidc.org/pub/DATASETS/nsidc0027_tovs_pathfinder_atm/HTTPSPROJECT HOME PAGEhttps://nsidc.org/data/pathfinders/NOAA/NASA Polar Pathfinder DataVIEW RELATED INFORMATIONhttp://nsidc.org/data/ease/EASE-Grid DataUSA/NASACEOS IDN DIFVERSION 9.91999-09-012024-02-27NSIDCVersion SummaryInitial releaseNSIDCMinor VersionNSIDCUpdate Frequencyupdated 2008NSIDCCurrent Version1NSIDCLevel of ServiceStandardNSIDCFull Dataset CitationFrancis, J. A. and A. J. Schweiger. 1999, updated 2008. <i>TOVS Pathfinder Path-P Daily and Monthly Polar Gridded Atmospheric Parameters.</i> [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5067/7L44Z9QVXUNL">https://doi.org/10.5067/7L44Z9QVXUNL</a>. [Date Accessed].NSIDCRetiredfalseNSIDCRelated Servicesapplication/vnd.nasa.cmr.umm+jsonfalseamy.steikermmt_service_12717S1977897447-NSIDCV0NSIDCV05service2022-06-14T16:33:23.589Zhttps://daacdata.apps.nsidc.org/NSIDCV0_DAAC_Data_HTTPS_File_SystemNOT PROVIDED1HTTPS File SystemQuickly download a few files using a web browser, or access the data through a command-line utility such as WGET.https://nsidc.org/support/how/how-do-i-programmatically-request-data-servicesVIEW RELATED INFORMATIONProgrammatic Data Access GuidePublicationURLUSER SERVICESNSIDC DAAC User ServicesEmailnsidc@nsidc.orgDATA ACCESS/RETRIEVALDATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLINGEARTH SCIENCE SERVICESThis is the most current release of this service.DEVELOPERORIGINATORPUBLISHERSERVICE PROVIDERNASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive CenterNASA NSIDC DAACNASA Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) at NSIDChttps://nsidc.org/daacNSIDC DAAC Home Pagehttps://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/umm/service/v1.4UMM-S1.4https://daacdata.apps.nsidc.org/pub/DATASETS/nsidc0027_tovs_pathfinder_atm/NSIDCRelated Toolsapplication/vnd.nasa.cmr.umm+jsonfalseamy.steikerease_toolsTL2013523138-NSIDC_ECSNSIDC_ECS7tool2022-06-16T19:50:41.515ZDOWNLOAD SOFTWAREhttps://github.com/nsidc/easegrids-easeconvDistributionURLNSIDC_ECS_EASE_ToolsDownloadable Tool0.3 EASE-Grid Data Geolocation ToolsGeolocate and display EASE-Grid and EASE-Grid 2.0 data sets with IDL software.https://nsidc.org/support/faq/does-nsidc-have-tools-geolocating-and-displaying-ease-grid-data-setsVIEW RELATED INFORMATIONDoes NSIDC have tools for geolocating and displaying EASE-Grid data sets?PublicationURLDATA ANALYSISDATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATIONEARTH SCIENCE SERVICESSERVICE PROVIDERNSIDC DAAC User ServicesEmailnsidc@nsidc.orgDEVELOPERNASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Centerhttps://nsidc.org/daac/NASA NSIDC DAAC2013-12-18T00:00:00.000ZThis is the most current release of this tool.https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/umm/tool/v1.0UMM-T1.0IDLhttps://github.com/nsidc/easegrids-easeconv