DMSP-F8 SSM/I Pathfinder Land Surface Products, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0042
DOI: 10.5067/7PSBCNNBS8TE
This data set has been retired.
Version Summary
initial release

Overview

The Pathfinder Program, sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is tasked to produce long-term data sets for global change research. The Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) Pathfinder Level 2 Land Products data set has been generated using the land classification algorithms developed by Neale, and the land surface temperature algorithms developed by McFarland. This data set includes both the land classification and land surface temperature products. The Pathfinder Level 2 Land Products data set is in swath format. Coverage is global land surface, and covers 1 August 1987 through 31 March 1988. The SSM/I Pathfinder Level 3 Land Products data set has been generated using the Level 2 data described above. The Level 2 data were interpolated to a longitude-latitude grid with a resolution of one degree. For the Benchmark Period, the data were averaged over periods of five days (a pentad) or one month, although, for the land classification product, the most commonly occurring land class (the mode of the distribution within each bin) was chosen as the class for that bin and for the period. The data set, including both pentad and monthly grids, covers 1 August 1987 through 31 December 1988. As of 26 September 2019, this data set is retired and no longer available for download. This data set was retired because other passive microwave data sets with longer temporal records are available at NSIDC. We recommend the suite of AMSR-E products available at NSIDC as an alternative.
Parameter(s):
LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURELAND USE CLASSESSNOW COVERVEGETATION COVER
Platform(s):
DMSP 5D-2/F8
Sensor(s):
SSM/I
Data Format(s):
Not Specified
Temporal Coverage:
1 August 1987 to 31 December 1988
Temporal Resolution:
  • 1 day
Spatial Resolution:
  • Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
N:
88
S:
-88
E:
180
W:
-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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