Nimbus-7 SMMR Polar Gridded Radiances and Sea Ice Concentrations, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0007
DOI: 10.5067/QOZIVYV3V9JP
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
Initial release
Overview
This data set contains gridded brightness temperatures and sea ice concentrations for both polar regions. Brightness temperature and sea ice concentration grids have 25 x 25 km grid elements in polar stereographic projection.
Parameter(s):
BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE
ICE EXTENT
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
Platform(s):
Nimbus-7
Sensor(s):
SMMR
Data Format(s):
Binary
Temporal Coverage:
- 25 October 1978 to 20 August 1987
Temporal Resolution:
- 2 day
Spatial Resolution:
- 25 km
- 25 km
Spatial Reference System(s):
- N/AN/A
Spatial Coverage:
- Northern latitude-39Southern latitude-90Eastern longitude180Western longitude-180
- Northern latitude90Southern latitude30Eastern longitude180Western longitude-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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