Nimbus-7 SMMR Polar Gridded Radiances and Sea Ice Concentrations, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0007
DOI: 10.5067/QOZIVYV3V9JP
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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 TEMPERATUREICE EXTENTSEA ICE CONCENTRATION
Platform(s):
Nimbus-7
Sensor(s):
SMMR
Data Format(s):
Not Specified
Temporal Coverage:
25 October 1978 to 20 August 1987
Temporal Resolution:
- 2 day
Spatial Resolution:
- 25 km
- 25 km
Spatial Coverage:
N:
-39
S:
-90
E:
180
W:
-180
N:
90
S:
30
E:
180
W:
-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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