Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder Data, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0613

Overview

This data set contains mean normalized backscatter coefficient (sigma-naught); backscatter variance; and other associated data files from Seasat SASS carrying a Ku-band scatterometer (1978), European Space Agency (ESA) Earth Remote Sensing (ERS) -1 and -2 missions carrying a C-band scatterometer (1992-2001), the NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) mission (1996-1997), SeaWinds on QuikSCAT (1999-2009), SeaWinds on ADEOS-II/Midori2 (2003), and the ESA Advanced scatterometer (ASCAT) (2009+). Global, overlapping swath data were accumulated over a fixed interval of time. The data were then gridded, binned, and averaged, before it was processed using the Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) and SIR w/filtering algorithms developed at Brigham Young University.
Parameter(s):
BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURERADAR BACKSCATTER
Platform(s):
ADEOS-I, ERS-1, ERS-2, QUIKSCAT, SEASAT
Sensor(s):
ERS WIND SCATTEROMETER, NSCAT, SASS, SEAWINDS
Data Format(s):
Not Specified
Temporal Coverage:
1 January 1978 to present
Temporal Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Resolution:
  • Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
N:
90
S:
-90
E:
180
W:
-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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